US Govt Pols Now Backing 'AI' "Pause" Recommended by Musk, Wozniak

The US govt is getting involved in 'AI' development.

As top tech people have become spooked by ChatGPT and
similar software they urged the govt to take action
to "evaluate" the downstream effects of Chat on all
manner of human activities, including job markets.

Chat 3.5 is already scary "smart" - it can pass the
old Turing Test easily ... coming across as some guy
you met at Starbucks. Chat 4.0 is almost ready for
prime-time ... wider capabilities, smoother delivery.

Chat also has the unsettling ability to write, and
then improve, computer programs to handle whatever
you want. This is basically the ability to rewire
its own "brain".

What would happen if you let a bunch of Chat instances
talk to each other for awhile ?

Rule of thumb - if you fake something WELL ENOUGH
then it isn't fake anymore.

In any case, govt pre-emptive suppression of a rapidly
emerging broad technology based on worrisome possible
uses/misuses is rather rare. Likely some EU govts will
take the same tact.

Of course Russia and China have likely already stolen
the Chat code and will put it to THEIR uses ... which
will quickly result in an "AI Gap" with serious national
security implications.

Seems like someone in comp.ai deleted the earlier version
of this - so I'm spreading-out this one so you can't get
at every copy. Gonna SAVE it too ... and have no problem
re-posting every day for months. What Musk and friends
have done directly impacts all 'AI' work - commercial
or academic. You did your jobs TOO well - now it's
frightening people - and Chat (so far) doesn't even have
an actual 'consciousness'.