Microsoft AI chief says AI is not conscious and we should keep it that way
Source: Business Insider ·
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman said developers should only build AI models that "are not conscious and not deserving of rights."
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Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman cautioned against building conscious superintelligence on X.Stephen Brashear/Getty ImagesMicrosoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman said developing conscious AI is "reckless."That's not exactly a hot take, but many AI researchers believe it's possible.Suleyman said he'd call for a halt in development if any evidence arose that AI was conscious.Some AI researchers are questioning whether AI could one day gain consciousness. Not if Microsoft's AI CEO has anything to say about it.Mustafa Suleyman said in a lengthy X post on Sunday that AI models currently don't have consciousness and that developers should keep it that way."If it is possible, based on everything I know, developing conscious AIs would be reckless, and we should not build them," Suleyman said. "If consciousness started to emerge in training, I would call for everyone to stop AI development until we could design out those properties."If any evidence were to emerge that AI models were conscious,…
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