Former Deepmind PR Staffer Says the Lab Once Banned Public Discussion of AI Extinction Risk
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Vishal Maini, former member of DeepMind's communications and policy team, claims that the organization restricted public statements about a possible human extinction caused by AI during part of its tenure. His testimony describes a supposed gap between internal concerns about system alignment and an external discourse focused on positive applications.
Former Deepmind PR staffer says the lab once banned public discussion of AI extinction risk
A former Google DeepMind spokesperson says talk of AI-driven human extinction was "external communication about the possibility of human extinction was not permitted, by anyone, at any level of the organization." Internally, the team knew AI alignment was not solved, according to Vishal Maini. The article Former Deepmind PR staffer says the lab once banned public discussion of AI extinction risk appeared first on The Decoder.
A former press spokesman of Google Deepmind revealed: Researchers were not allowed to talk publicly about existential AI risks for a long time and should dismiss such concerns as alarmism. Internally, however, according to Vishal Maini, it was clear that the alignment problem was unresolved. The article revealed ex-deepmind speakers: Researchers were not allowed to talk about existential AI risks first appeared on The Decoder.
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