A group of the highest level AI leaders, though notably not all of them at the leading companies like OpenAI, have signed a joint letter requesting (from whom??) a pause in the development of AI for 6 months.

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A group of the highest level AI leaders, though notably not all of them at the leading companies like OpenAI, have signed a joint letter requesting (from whom??) a pause in the development of AI for 6 months.

Fast talking, fast thinking, AI reviewer Matt Wolfe breaks down the pros and cons of such a move, while admitting it may not even be possible in the hypercompetitive world of AI, where major changes happen monthly if not sooner:

In any other time, the breakneck speed with which AI is upending all manners of work, jobs, education, media, and just about any profession where thinking is involved, would be major news. But with a a major war going on and others close to following, political and economic implosions vying for our attention, humans may not have the bandwidth to think about the world of artificial thinking too. Perhaps AI can help with that? Wolfe queries GPT4 - the latest version to come out just 2 weeks ago, already way ahead of GPT 3.5 in plugin capability, access to the internet in real time, and ability to process and produce images now too - about whether it's time to pause. GPT4 gives both perspectives, leaving people with the ultimate choice again, if there is anyone who can, or should, make it.

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Authors Bio:

Scott Baker is a Managing Editor & The Economics Editor at Opednews, and a former blogger for Huffington Post, Daily Kos, and Global Economic Intersection.

His anthology of updated Opednews articles "America is Not Broke" was published by Tayen Lane Publishing (March, 2015) and may be found here:

http://www.americaisnotbroke.net/

Scott is a former and current President of Common Ground-NY (http://commongroundnyc.org/), a Geoist/Georgist activist group. He has written dozens of articles for Common Ground's national publication, GroundSwell, and has advocated for the Georgist Land Value Tax to public and political audiences.

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He is also New York State Coordinator and Senior Advisor for the Public Banking Institute

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Scott has appeared on TV/Radio and in in-person Presentations to explain the principles of Georgism, Greenbacking, and State Banking. These may also be found on his personal blog: http://newthinking.blogspot.com/

Scott has a dozen progressive petitions on Change.org which may be found here:

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Scott was an I.T. Manager for a major New York university for over two decades where he earned a Certificate for Frontline Leadership.

He had a video game published in Compute! Magazine: Click Here

Scott is a graduate and adjunct faculty of the Henry George School of Social Science in New York City.

Scott is a modern-day Renaissance Man with interests in economics, science and all future-forward topics.

He has been called an "adept syncretist" by Kirkus Discoveries for his novel, NeitherWorld - a two-volume opus blending Native American myth, archaeological detail, government conspiracy, with a sci-fi flair http://amzn.to/10nUoDV

Scott grew up in New York City and Pennsylvania. He graduated with honors and a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Pennsylvania State University and was a member of the Psychology honor society PSI CHI.

Today he is an avid bicyclist and ride co-leader in a prominent bike advocacy organization.

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