Former DeepMind Researcher Bilal Chughtai Resigns, Warning AI’s Default Path Could “Kill Us All”
Summary
Former DeepMind AI-safety researcher Bilal Chughtai resigns, warning that the technology’s default trajectory could “kill us all,” and joins BlueDot Impact as Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei calls for slowing frontier AI development.
Key Points
- Former Google DeepMind researcher Bilal Chughtai says he resigns after concluding AI's default trajectory could "kill us all."
- Chughtai says he worked on AI safety and alignment at Alphabet's DeepMind and now joins AI-safety training nonprofit BlueDot Impact.
- Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei publishes a 3,800-word call to slow the most advanced AI systems, endorsed by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Elon Musk.