Aidan Gomez on AI
2 quotes from Aidan Gomez on the wall, 2023, newest first. Each one is verbatim and links to where it was said. Sources include The Logic, the Guardian.
They tend to be willing to take extreme actions towards that end
Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez, in a letter to staff after the OpenAI boardroom crisis, criticized effective altruism's self-righteousness, November 2023.
What it refers to
Effective altruism is a philosophy focused on AI safety and existential risk that reportedly influenced OpenAI's boardroom crisis.
Other voices
- Board members' religion of effective altruismVinod Khosla23 November 2023
- They're creating fear of AI leading to human extinctionAndrew NgBuilder31 October 2023
- The ring of power can corruptElon MuskBuilder29 November 2023
- Intelligence has nothing to do with a desire to dominateYann LeCunResearcher29 October 2023
- Do we want gods who are enslaved foreverPaul Christiano31 October 2023
The LogicCohere CEO Aidan Gomez slams effective altruism in wake of OpenAI scandal
None of which are existential, none of which are doomsday scenarios
Aidan Gomez, CEO of Cohere and co-author of the Transformer paper, speaking at the UK AI safety summit in 2023 about near-term AI risks versus existential ones.
What it refers to
AI products already used by a billion people, discussed at the UK AI safety summit, as opposed to long-term existential threats from future systems.
Other voices
- They're creating fear of AI leading to human extinctionAndrew NgBuilder31 October 2023
- You don't have to be superintelligent to create serious problemsGary MarcusResearcher26 October 2023
- This is happening right now and it needs to be addressed right nowDan SextonBuilder24 October 2023
- Intelligence has nothing to do with a desire to dominateYann LeCunResearcher29 October 2023
- Humanity could lose control of AI completelyRishi Sunak30 October 2023
the GuardianAI doomsday warnings a distraction from the danger it already poses, warns expert