The development of artificial intelligence has spiralled out of control, according to around 3,000 signatories of an open letter from business and science. They are calling for a pause in the training of particularly powerful AI systems.
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Urs Gasser explains why bans are needed when dealing with artificial intelligence, how humans are handing over autonomy to machines and why technology companies are threatening to become even more powerful.
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The Austrian magazine Profil published a column by Ingrid Brodnig. She discussed the phenomenon of online hate and violence and how it is used against, especially, female Politicians. Amongst others the draws from a current study by Prof. Jürgen Pfeffer and Prof. Janina Steinert, which they…
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Germany’s last three nuclear power plants close their doors on Saturday, marking the end of the country’s nuclear era that has more than six decades. Nuclear power has long been controversial in Germany.
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When Germany powers down the last of its nuclear power plants on Saturday, it will mark a historic shift decades in the making—and comes in the midst of fierce debates about how Germany and Europe will ensure their energy security for tough winters ahead and meet their ambitious climate goals.
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Germany’s final three nuclear power plants close their doors on Saturday, marking the end of the country’s nuclear era that has spanned more than six decades. Nuclear power has long been contentious in Germany.
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Prof. Urs Gasser from the Technical University of Munich does not believe in interrupting the training of artificial intelligence. In the following guest article, he comments on the call for a moratorium on the development of AI tools.
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The training of AI systems from GPT-4 onwards is to be interrupted so that the risks can first be assessed and generally applicable guidelines for dealing with such adaptive systems can be developed. But how sensible and feasible is this?
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