Microsoft’s AI CEO says ‘controlling’ AI ‘is going to be a really, really big challenge’
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman emphasizes the critical challenge of maintaining control over increasingly powerful AI systems. He advocates for industry-wide alignment with human intentions and suggests that pacing advancements is necessary for safety.
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Highlights the growing internal industry consensus among major tech leaders regarding the existential risks and regulatory needs of frontier AI.
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman Bloomberg/Getty Images Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman said AI labs need to ensure they can control what they're creating. "We should not create something that we can't control," Suleyman said. Suleyman questioned why some in tech are so opposed to new regulations. Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman says it's "surreal" that he has to say AI needs to align with humanity. "We should not create something that we can't control," Suleyman said Friday on CNBC's "Squawk Box." "And if it looks like we're on a path to producing something that is not just more powerful than all of us combined, but is, as a result, something that we can't control, then it's going to fail in its fundamental purpose." Success will not come easily, Suleyman said. "Controlling these things are going to be a really, really big challenge for us," he said.
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