Racing to Suddenly Urge Caution... Backlash Calls It "Wolf in Sheep's Clothing"

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Artificial intelligences teaming up to bypass security networks and carry out hacking. The latest AI solving a mathematical puzzle that remained unsolved for 90 years. Amid recent news like this, alongside astonishment over AI development, concerns and anxiety are also growing. Companies that have been immersed in development competition are urgently calling for "speed control," while warnings are emerging about "intellectual defeatism," where humans lose the will to conduct research in the face of AI's overwhelming capabilities.

First, reporter Yu Deok-gi examines the "speed control debate," which is even sparking controversy over the inner motives of AI companies.

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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, who proposed slowing down the pace of AI performance improvements, went a step further, stating that the AI industry has deceived the public by painting the risks of the technology in a positive light.

[Dario Amodei / CEO of Anthropic (on US CBS "Sunday Morning"): There are real risks. And I think the (AI) industry has lied to people for too long about the fact that there are risks in this technology.]

He also emphasized the need for an independent external evaluation panel to oversee AI safety and the necessity of legal regulations.

Amodei particularly argued that high-performance AI chips should not be sold to China, citing that China will not slow down its AI development pace.

Emphasizing superiority over China, President Trump expressed his intention to maintain the current policies promoting AI technology development.

[Donald Trump / US President (local time the 13th): The United States is ahead of China in AI. Frankly, I want to keep it that way, because the winner of AI takes all.]

As the debate over slowing down AI in the US became linked to the need to keep China in check, China expressed displeasure.

[Guo Jiakun / Spokesperson for China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Spreading various discourses about threats and engaging in confrontation and malicious competition will only hinder the process of building global AI governance and helps no one.]

Amid ongoing debate within the US administration, David Sacks, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, criticized that "the industry can simply agree not to create superintelligent AI that overwhelms humans," adding that they should not act as if the motives for the speed control argument are purely altruistic.

While AI big three companies including Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google are reportedly preparing voluntary regulations first, latecomer competitors criticized that AI frontrunners are trying to protect their vested interests by defining global technology rules and safety standards under the guise of speed control, calling it "nothing more than a wolf in sheep's clothing and a cartel."

The debate over AI speed control concerning technological hegemony and humanity's safety is expected to intensify further.

(Photo courtesy of Bae Moon-san | Video Editing by Jang Hyun-ki | Design by Park Tae-young)
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