Yoshua Bengio—Co-signed open letter calling for 6-month pause on training AI systems more powerful than GPT-4
Yoshua Bengio joined hundreds of AI researchers, tech leaders, and policymakers in signing the Future of Life Institute open letter titled 'Pause Giant AI Experiments', urging all AI labs to immediately halt training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4 for at least six months. The letter warned of an out-of-control race to develop ever more powerful AI systems that no one can understand, predict, or reliably control.
Scoring Impact
| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI Oversight | +toward | secondary | +0.50 |
| AI Safety | +toward | primary | +1.00 |
| Overall incident score = | +0.885 | ||
Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (critical ×2) × confidence (0.59)
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Bengio signed Future of Life Institute open letter urging 6-month AI training pause
Yoshua Bengio was among the prominent signatories of the FLI 'Pause Giant AI Experiments' open letter published March 29, 2023, calling for a moratorium on training AI systems beyond GPT-4 capability.