PauseAI

PauseAI is a global political movement founded in the Netherlands with the stated aim of achieving global coordination to stop the development of artificial intelligence systems more powerful than GPT-4, at least until it is known how to build them safely, and keep them under democratic control.[1] The movement was established in Utrecht in May 2023 by software entrepreneur Joep Meindertsma.[2]

PauseAI
FormationMay 2023 (2023-05)
FounderJoep Meindertsma
Founded atUtrecht, Netherlands
TypeAdvocacy group, Nonprofit
PurposeMitigating the existential risk from artificial general intelligence and other risks of advanced artificial intelligence
Region
International
Websitepauseai.info

Its first public action was to protest in front of Microsoft's Brussels lobbying office in May 2023 during an event on artificial intelligence.[3] In November of the same year, they protested outside the inaugural AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park.[4]

Proposal

PauseAI's stated goal is to “implement a pause on the training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4”. Their website lists some proposed steps to achieve this goal:[1]

  • Set up an international AI safety agency, similar to the IAEA.
  • Only allow training of general AI systems more powerful than GPT-4 if their safety can be guaranteed.
  • Only allow deployment of models after no dangerous capabilities are present.

See also

References
  1. "PauseAI Proposal". PauseAI. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
  2. Meaker, Morgan. "Meet the AI Protest Group Campaigning Against Human Extinction". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
  3. "The rag-tag group trying to pause AI in Brussels". Politico. 2023-05-24. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
  4. "What happens in Bletchley, stays in…". Islington Tribune. Retrieved 2024-05-08.
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