Michigan Senate candidate El-Sayed calls for pause on advanced AI development
Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, running for Senate in Michigan, released an AI platform that calls for halting work on the most advanced AI systems and banning artificial superintelligence.
Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic candidate for Senate in Michigan, released an artificial intelligence platform on Tuesday. He called AI an "existential threat," according to The Hill. The New York Times reported he used the phrase "existential crisis."
The Hill reports the framework aims to get the technology "under control." It would pause development of frontier AI and prohibit artificial superintelligence.
The New York Times reports El-Sayed is the first Democrat in a battleground Senate race to publicly back an AI development pause.
The Hill describes his race against former Rep. Mike Rogers, a Republican, as tight.
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- The New York TimesEl-Sayed, Releasing His Platform on A.I., Calls It an ‘Existential Crisis’Tue, Oct 13, 6:01 AM EDT
- The HillEl-Sayed labels AI 'existential threat’Tue, Oct 13, 11:02 AM EDT
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