Elon Musk wants to pause AI? It’s too late

Real-world risk: The Twitter logo and a photo of Musk are displayed through a magnifier in this illustration. He is among an array of public figures who are calling for a six-month pause on training language models more powerful than GPT-4. — Reuters

ELON Musk and an array of public figures have signed their names to an open letter that went viral this week, calling for a six-month pause on training language models more powerful than GPT-4, the technology underpinning ChatGPT.

Some strange inconsistencies with the signatories aside, the letter is odd.