Bill Ackman Shares Danger Of Pausing AI Research, Compares Risk To Delaying Atomic Bomb's Development And Letting 'Nazis Catch Up'

Tech luminaries, including Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Woznick, have shared their concerns about artificial intelligence and called for a pause on training systems exceeding the caliber of OpenAI’s GPT-4. And now, Pershing Square’s Bill Ackman has chimed in. 

Last Thursday, Ackman took to Twitter to air his opinion. “Shutting down AI development for six months gives the bad guys six more months to catch up,” the hedge fund manager said.

“Our enemies” are working diligently to develop their own version of OpenAI, he further warned.

Shutting down AI development for six months gives the bad guys six more months to catch up. Our enemies are working hard to develop their own @OpenAI. It would have been a mistake to delay the Manhattan Project and let the Nazis catch up. I don’t think we have a choice.

— Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) March 30, 2023

“It would have been a mistake to delay the 'Manhattan Project' and let the Nazis catch up,” Ackman wrote, referring to the R&D project that U.S. leadership spearheaded during World War II and that led to the production of the first nuclear weapon.

“I don’t think we have a choice,” Ackman said.

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