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State Dept-backed report provides action plan to avoid catastrophic AI risks
While providing technical details on the risks of AI, the action plan also introduces policy proposals that can help the U.S. and its allies mitigate these risks.
Measures include establishing interagency working groups, setting up education and training programs across the U.S. government to increase preparedness, and developing a framework of indications and warnings for advanced AI and AGI incidents. “This legal framework should carefully balance the need to mitigate potential catastrophic threats against the risk of curtailing innovation, particularly if regulatory burdens are imposed on small-scale entities,” according to the action plan. Instead of asking ‘what is the fastest way to achieve safe AGI systems to balance benefits and risk,’ big tech invests billions of dollars to lobby for light-touch regulation, and others argue for an unrealistic full stop on AI progress,” Jeremie said.
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