AI reaches an inflection point with call to pause development

An open letter signed by many tech leaders is calling for a pause in training all artificial intelligence systems more powerful than GPT-4, but it’s probably futile.
“AI systems with human-competitive intelligence can pose profound risks to society and humanity, as shown by extensive research and acknowledged by top AI labs,” opens the letter. Among the most prominent signatories are tech industry legends Elon Musk and Steve Wozniak, as well as a bunch of AI researchers and com