c/techtakes · by gerikson@awful.systems · 2y

AI grifters con the US gov that AGI poses "existential risk"

https://time.com/6898967/ai-extinction-national-security-risks-report/

The grifters in question:

Jeremie and Edouard Harris, the CEO and CTO of Gladstone respectively, have been briefing the U.S. government on the risks of AI since 2021. The duo, who are brothers [...]

Edouard's website: https://www.eharr.is/, and on LessWrong: https://www.lesswrong.com/users/edouard-harris

Jeremie's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremieharris/

The company website: https://www.gladstone.ai/

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Grimy@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 2y

The three authors of the report worked on it for more than a year, speaking with more than 200 government employees, experts, and workers at frontier AI companies—like OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Anthropic and Meta— as part of their research

Authorities should also “urgently” consider outlawing the publication of the “weights,” or inner workings, of powerful AI models, for example under open-source licenses, with violations possibly punishable by jail time, the report says.

Ah yes, OpenAI and Google want to make sure public free models are illegal, but it's for our safety and not to protect their subscription structure.