Joe Rogan, the famous podcaster, shared his views on artificial intelligence and its impact on governance in an interview with Carlo Rovelli, a theoretical physicist. Rogan believes that in the future, artificial intelligence could replace humans in government and help end wars around the world.
Hope for a War-Free Future
Rogan stated in this interview: "This may seem like an unreasonable hope, but I hope that with the expansion of artificial intelligence and the delegation of various tasks to it, one of the areas we will delegate is governance." He continued: "We can also entrust how we interact with other countries to artificial intelligence. I know this is scary for people, but think about the catastrophic consequences we have faced so far due to human intervention in international affairs."
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Concerns About AI Threats
While Rogan points to a promising future, concerns about the potential threats of artificial intelligence have increased over the past week. Jacob Coxon, a former researcher at Anthropic, resigned from the company and warned that leaders in this sector are "competing to achieve superintelligent AI" and are playing with human lives without necessary precautions. He said, "Those who are building AI seriously believe that it may kill us all by the end of this decade."
Owen Hubinger, the AI safety lead at Anthropic, responded to Coxon's concerns, stating, "Jacob is right here - we really seriously believe that AI might kill all humans! Personally, I think the likelihood of this happening in the next decade is over 10 percent."
David Amodei, the CEO of the company, published an article titled "We Must Control the Frontier" and warned that the development of artificial intelligence has significantly accelerated since summer and may be capable of launching a "surge" to dominate the internet within 6 to 12 months.
Elon Musk and Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, both agreed with Amodei's call to slow down the industry, increase oversight, and foster international cooperation to ensure controlled evolution. Musk stated that he has long warned about the dangers of artificial intelligence and referred to his social media post in 2014 where he wrote: "We must be very careful with AI. It could be more dangerous than nuclear weapons."
The United Nations and former President Barack Obama are also opponents of unregulated AI advancement, and even independent Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and mega strategist Steve Bannon have expressed concerns in this regard.
Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump quickly voiced his opposing view and responded to Coxon's warning. He stated that the only aspect of AI he fears is that delays in Silicon Valley labs could give China a competitive advantage and allow this rival power to win in the sector. On Monday, he posted a series of messages on Truth Social, dismissing the warnings as "lies" and declaring: "The only control AI needs is a strong and smart president (with a high IQ), and the United States has that!"
He also claimed that a "sick conspiracy" of "conspiracy theorists, traitors, and whistleblowers" is trying to prevent this technology, without providing clarification on whom he refers to.
House Speaker Mike Johnson supported Trump's position, stating that this sector does not need government intervention and should trust self-regulation. Attorney General Todd Blanche also claimed that this discussion has arisen to influence the upcoming midterm elections.
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Source: independent.co.uk
