Fear of falling behind in artificial intelligence race leads to taking potential risks
While the rapid development of artificial intelligence technology increases security risks, the fear of falling behind in the global race leads to accepting potential destructions.
While artificial intelligence technology develops rapidly, security, ethical, and existential risks are increasing on a global scale; competition between countries and technology companies leads to taking potential dangers.
The United Nations warns that artificial intelligence could jeopardize democracy and security by deepening disinformation, human rights violations, cyber and military threats, and global inequalities.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's call to slow down the development speed of models was supported by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman, and Vice President Brad Smith. Former US President Barack Obama, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa also called for legal steps and government oversight.
In contrast, US President Donald Trump rejected the calls for slowdown, stating that work cannot be stopped, and signed a decree anticipating the term "super intelligence." Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang argued that new laws are not needed, while South Korean Science Minister Bae Kyung-hoon and Singaporean Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong noted that they do not have the luxury to slow down, otherwise industrial competition and national security would be affected.
Experts state that the fear of falling behind in the artificial intelligence race causes leaders to be unable to slow down the process despite knowing the dangers, putting global security at risk.