OpenAI Chief Scientist: Build Defensive AI Fast, but Avoid Recklessness
OpenAI Chief Scientist Jakub Pachocki stated that the strongest reason to continue training much smarter models quickly is to build defensive AI systems against dangers posed by other AI, including securing infrastructure and protecting against rogue agents in real time. He emphasized that this will be a primary focus of OpenAI's deployment efforts, but cautioned that the need for defense must not become an excuse for recklessness, calling the idea of racing forward at all costs 'absurd' given the seriousness of the stakes.
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Simon Willison
The strongest argument I see for continuing to train much smarter models quickly is the need to build defensive systems against the dangers posed by other AI. [...] We will need powerful, aligned AI for defense; to secure infrastructure, to protect against rogue agents in real time, and to invent entirely new protective measures. This will be a primary focus of OpenAI’s deployment efforts. At the same time, even with the uncertainty that comes from anticipated broad AI progress and the need to build defensive systems, we must not let that become an excuse for recklessness. The idea of racing forward at all costs seems absurd once one internalizes the seriousness of the stakes. — Jakub Pachocki , Chief Scientist at OpenAI Tags: ai-ethics , openai , ai