The authors suggest that the rise of AI can only benefit everyone if governments start building effective regulatory frameworks. They express their concern that the potential positive and negative impacts of AI are too significant to leave to market forces and self-governance. They conclude that despite the initial optimism, the experiment with self-governance at OpenAI did not work as expected.
Key takeaways:
- Helen Toner and Tasha McCauley argue that regulation is needed to ensure that the development of AI technology aligns with the interests of humanity, not just shareholders.
- They believe that self-governance in private companies cannot reliably withstand the pressure of profit incentives.
- They suggest that governments must begin building effective regulatory frameworks for AI development now.
- They share their experience with OpenAI, a company that tried to balance profit-making with a mission to benefit humanity, but ultimately found the model unsuccessful.