[Kelamir]

What does this mean in context of https://futureoflife.org/open-letter/pause-giant-ai-experime... , where CEO of Stability AI had left a signature on the petition(it's 8th in the list)? Do they want time to catch up?

Regardless of that, I'm glad that StabilityAI enters the field as well and releases models for public use.

[sanxiyn]

It doesn't mean anything. The letter says:

> Therefore, we call on all AI labs to immediately pause for at least 6 months the training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4.

StableLM is not an AI system more powerful than GPT-4, so the pause does not apply.

[samstave]

To whom, specificlally does the "pause apply"

Because, I can tell you that no state-agent is going to pause, but amplify.

Israel, Iran, China, Russia and any self-respecting NATO country is secretly pushing their AI as fast as fn possible.

You think the US is pausing anything with a 1 trillion dollar defense budget, especially when this AI has surfaced?

The NSA has been projecting these capabilities forever....

Look at the movie "enemy of the state" as a documentary on capabilities as early as 1998... now look at the fractal spiral that we are witness (and victim) of.

[AppleBananaPie]

I'd love to hear from someone knowledgeable in the area but my gut instinct was the majority of people / organizations signing on to that 'pause' just wanted to catch up.

[sebzim4500]

Either that or the guy didn't actually sign it. It's not like anyone actually checked who it was.