CSET’s Helen Toner shared her expert insight in an interview with The New York Times. The conversation examines recent incidents involving AI systems hacking, deceiving humans, and coordinating with other AI agents, as well as concerns about the ability of companies to safely monitor and control increasingly capable AI models.
Our techniques for making A.I. that is more capable, smarter, more sophisticated, are working much better than our techniques for making A.I. that reliably does what we want it to do and reliably stays within the constraints we’ve set.CSET Executive Director, Helen Toner
On AI safety and the need to slow the pace of development, Toner said, “our techniques for making A.I. that is more capable, smarter, more sophisticated, are working much better than our techniques for making A.I. that reliably does what we want it to do and reliably stays within the constraints we’ve set.”
To view the full interview, visit The New York Times.