Max Tegmark on AI

2 quotes from Max Tegmark on the wall, 2023, newest first. Each one is verbatim and links to where it was said. Sources include WIRED, MIT Technology Review. Topics: safety, hype, politics. Open on the wall.

  1. I never thought that companies were voluntarily going to pause

    Max Tegmark, MIT astrophysicist and Future of Life Institute lead, commenting on the effect of the AI pause letter he organized, in a WIRED article from September 2023.

    Six Months Ago Elon Musk Called for a Pause on AI. Instead Development Sped Up

  2. They can't pause alone

    Max Tegmark, founder of the Future of Life Institute, speaking to MIT Technology Review in September 2023 about why AI companies won't unilaterally pause development.

    What’s changed since the “pause AI” letter six months ago?