Question 1

Who is Pause AI?

Accepted Answer

We are a community of volunteers and local communities coordinated by a non-profit that aims to mitigate the risks of AI, particularly the risk of human extinction. We aim to convince our governments to step in and pause the development of superhuman AI until it is provably safe.

Question 2

Do you want to pause development on all AI?

Accepted Answer

No, only the development of the largest general-purpose AI systems, often called “Frontier models”, more powerful than GPT-4. AI for specific uses has enormous benefits to public health, road safety, the internet, and many other domains; these models do not present a risk to humanity's existence.

Question 3

Where does PauseAI's funding come from?

Accepted Answer

Virtually all of our fundraising so far has been done by volunteers and members. However, since February 2024, PauseAI is a registered non-profit foundation, and we have received multiple donations from individuals. We’ve also received 20k funding from the LightSpeed network.

Question 4

How likely is it that superintelligent AI will cause very bad outcomes, like human extinction?

Accepted Answer

For AI researchers (not safety specialists), catastrophic outcomes are 16.2% likely on average. [https://arxiv.org/html/2401.02843v] While this number may seem small, would you board an airplane with a one-in-six chance of killing thousands of people?

Question 5

Aren't AI companies pushing the existential risk narrative to manipulate us?

Accepted Answer

Companies did not initially push AI risk - it was scientists, activists and NGOs going back decades. Now that many people are worried about AI's future, we believe companies are hinting at the truth, but in a way that doesn't compromise their own investments and funding.

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