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In a crowded few days, Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, Demis Hassabis, Satya Nadella and Elon Musk have all publicly agreed that AI development should slow before it slips out of control. New context argues the moment is less novel than it looks.
Why it mattersA history published by The Verge traces alarms from AI figures back to Samuel Butler, who was prompted by Darwin's theory of evolution to warn about intelligent machines, and calls this far from the first round of industry restraint appeals. Its framing is pointedly sceptical: warnings from people who profit from AI deserve scrutiny whatever the motive. For readers tracking the slowdown debate, the takeaway is that this week's chorus has a very long back catalogue, and so does the scepticism about it.
Discuss: If calls for AI restraint are a tradition older than AI itself, what would make this round different from Samuel Butler's warning?
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