Governments must not rush into policing AI

Will artificialAILLMaiGPTAIllmAIAI intelligence kill us all? Some technologists sincerely believe the answer is yes. In one nightmarish scenario, eventually outsmarts humanity and goes rogue, taking over computers and factories and filling the sky with killer drones. In another, large language models (s) of the sort that power generative s like Chat give bad guys the know-how to create devastating cyberweapons and deadly new pathogens.It is time to think hard about these doomsday scenarios. Not because they have become more probable—no one knows how likely they are—but because policymakers around the world are mulling measures to guard against them. The European Union is finalising an expansive act; the White House is expected soon to issue an executive order aimed at s; and on November 1st and 2nd the British government will convene world leaders and tech bosses for an “” to discuss the extreme risks that models may pose.