Calls to Slow AI Development Amid Existential Threat Concerns

Major AI labs are experiencing confusion following warnings about existential risks. A researcher from Anthropic resigned, stating that AI development poses an existential threat, with the risk of human extinction exceeding 10%. In a rare move, leaders from Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google DeepMind called for a slowdown in the development of increasingly capable systems. Some researchers believe humanity faces a threat similar to that posed by the invention of the atomic bomb.