Zuckerberg has defended the move, stating that the technology is so important that it should be made widely available for everyone's benefit. However, critics argue that decisions about open-sourcing such powerful AI models should not be left to tech companies alone, but should involve international consensus. Meta, Facebook's parent company, has previously faced criticism for open-sourcing its Llama 2 AI model, which some experts likened to providing a template for a nuclear bomb.
Key takeaways:
- Mark Zuckerberg, the Meta CEO, has announced plans to build an artificial general intelligence (AGI) system that matches or exceeds human intelligence levels and make it open source.
- Experts and politicians globally have expressed concerns about the potential emergence of AGI, fearing such systems could evade human control and pose a threat to humanity.
- Dame Wendy Hall, a professor of computer science at the University of Southampton and a member of the UN’s advisory body on AI, criticized Zuckerberg's plan as 'irresponsible' and 'very scary'.
- Dr Andrew Rogoyski, a director of the Institute for People-Centred AI at the University of Surrey, argued that decisions about open sourcing an AGI system should be made by international consensus, not by a tech company.