Is AI getting too smart, too fast? Elon Musk and over 1,000 other artificial intelligence luminaries, who’ve published an open letter calling for a six-month “pause” on further AI development.

Is AI getting too smart, too fast?

Yes, according to billionaire Elon Musk and over 1,000 other artificial intelligence luminaries, who’ve published an open letter calling for a six-month “pause” on further AI development. Why? So it doesn’t threaten humanity by creating digital minds so powerful that they can’t be controlled by humans.

But perhaps “humanity” is code for white-collar jobs. After all, Goldman Sachs just warned that AI could put up to 300 million people out of work in a decade. Most at-risk jobs are desk gigs, not blue-collar manufacturing jobs we once thought would be wiped out by automation.

Should that be more or less important than stopping AI from automating political misinformation in social media? And what if China takes advantage of the pause to beat the US in the AI race? Let us know your thoughts on taking an AI break here