The Urgent Need for a Longer AI Pause

A group of over 1,000 technology leaders and researchers, including Elon Musk, have urged AI labs to pause development of the most advanced systems, warning that AI tools present "profound risks to society and humanity." Critics argue that speed should not be the primary concern, and that the focus should be on the business models of these systems. Aviv Ovadya, who studies the information environment, proposes "violet teaming" to redirect the power unleashed by AI systems in order to defend public goods. Slowing down the release of larger language models could give us a chance to develop solutions to the potential harms of AI.