AI: Dangers are real and imminent - Briefing | United Nations

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Addressing a High-Level meeting of the Security Council on Artificial intelligence and international security, the Co-Chair of the United Nations International Independent Panel on Artificial Intelligence, Professor Yoshua Bengio said, “the dangers are real and imminent,” and called for stakeholders to “agree collectively that no one, no company and no country, should develop an AI system that could cause large-scale harm.” Bengio said, “citizens and governments should not accept the companies’ claim that they are trapped in a race. The race is not a law of nature. It is the product of choices. Choices made by the companies themselves. It is also a race where everyone loses. They've told us they would slow down if they could. They can.” He called for international cooperation “in the face of three global threats from advances in these frontier models. First, catastrophic misuse, for example by terrorists. Second, power concentration. And third, loss of control of AI.” The Panel’s Co-Chair said, “developers must demonstrate to independent experts that a system is safe to train and safe to deploy.” He said, “humanity has summoned the courage and wisdom to manage catastrophic risks before. This is one of those moments, far bigger than any personal, commercial, or national interests.”


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