The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have collaborated with AI pioneers, tech leaders, and Nobel laureates in pushing for a ban on developing superintelligent systems.
Recently, the global push to proscribe the development of artificial superintelligence (ASI) without broader consensus has gained momentum.
Harry and Meghan are among the signatories of a statement urging for a “prohibition on the development of superintelligence till there is a broad scientific understanding and willingness on developing ASI safely and once there is strong public support.”
Various tech leaders and pioneers have been the statement’s signatories. It includes AI pioneer and Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton; Youshua Bengio, godfather of modern AI; the UK entrepreneurs Richard Branson; the former Irish president Mary Robinson; Susan Rice, a former US national security adviser under Obama administration, and Steve Wozniak, the Apple co-founder.
Other laureates signatories include Beatrice Fihn, Frank Wilczek, John C Mather, and Daron Acemoğlu.
The statement calling for outright ban was stemmed from the Future of Life Institute (FLI), a US- based AI safety group after the release of ChatGPT.
ASI is the highest form of artificial intelligence which possesses capabilities to surface human intelligence at all cognitive tasks.
In recent months, speculations have been on rise regarding the advent of superintelligence. In July, the CEO of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg said development of ASI “is now in sight.”
As per tech experts’ observations, tech giants have been locked in competition to gain dominance over ASI.
According to FLI, the advent of ASI even in the coming decade is going to displace human jobs, restrict civil liberties, and amplify national security risk. The worse, ASI will cause the extinction of humanity.