India, June 5 -- Jack Clark, co-founder of Anthropic, is sounding the alarm about the need for the AI industry to create ways to slow down or even halt the rapid development of advanced AI. He warns that we're nearing a point where these systems might improve themselves without any human input.
In a recent blog post, he co-wrote with Marina Favaro and in various interviews, Clark pointed out that AI models are quickly moving toward something researchers refer to as recursive self-improvement.
That's when systems could design and produce more advanced versions of themselves. While that kind of tech could lead to major breakthroughs in areas like science and healthcare, it also raises the risk that humans may lose control over increasingly ...