IT Home On October 10, according to a report by Axios on October 9 local time, executives from Anthropic, OpenAI, and other artificial intelligence companies are currently discussing privately how to respond to strong public and political protests and boycotts in case of a major catastrophic AI incident.
These industry executives expect that a major incident is likely to occur in the future — most probably some kind of cyberattack, which could cause widespread paralysis of infrastructure such as financial services, internet communication, and even water and electricity supply.
Once an unsecured and uncontrollable AI causes a significant, substantial harm in the real world for the first time, the already wary public will oppose this technology and its leaders even more firmly, including Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, and Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI.
According to reports from IT Home, although scenario planning is common in many areas of corporate and national security, the key difference is that many top AI researchers and industry executives agree that major safety incidents are just a matter of time, and they are inevitable.
OpenAI spokesperson said: “OpenAI has been conducting completeness exercises, where relevant teams discuss and simulate a range of potential scenarios. We do not consider these scenarios to be inevitable; its main purpose is to help the teams prepare fully for various emergencies.”
Anthropic declined to comment.