The development of powerful AI systems, like China's DeepSeek, has triggered an international arms race for supremacy. Experts warn that this competition, driven by economic and military ambitions, could lead to unforeseen dangers if not carefully regulated. While some AI pioneers express concern about the potential risks of unchecked AI development, others believe that the rapid pace of innovation will prevent any single entity from gaining an unassailable advantage.
An arms race for artificial intelligence (AI) supremacy, sparked by recent anxieties over the Chinese chatbot DeepSeek, poses a significant risk of exacerbating the existential dangers of superintelligence, according to one of the pioneers of AI.
Canadian machine learning expert Yoshua Bengio, author of the inaugural International AI Safety Report to be presented at an international AI summit in Paris next week, cautions that unchecked investment in computational power for AI without adequate oversight is highly dangerous. \'The focus is on who will win the race, rather than on ensuring we don't build something that backfires,' states Mr. Bengio. He warns that military and economic competitions 'inevitably lead to shortcuts on ethics, responsibility, and safety.' Bengio, who has made significant contributions to neural networks and machine learning, the fundamental software architecture underpinning modern AI models, is in London alongside other AI pioneers to receive the Queen Elizabeth Prize, the UK's most prestigious engineering award recognizing the potential of AI. While he is enthusiastic about its societal benefits, the shift away from AI regulation during Donald Trump's presidency and the intense competition among major technology companies to develop more powerful AI models are deeply concerning. \'We are creating systems that are increasingly powerful; surpassing human capabilities in certain areas,' he says. 'As these systems become more powerful, they also become incredibly valuable economically. 'The magnitude of, 'wow, this is going to make me a lot of money' is driving many people. And, of course, when you're selling products, you don't want to talk about the risks.' However, not all AI pioneers share this level of concern. Yann LeCun, Meta's Chief AI Scientist, also in London to share in the QE prize, offers a different perspective. 'We've been misled into believing that large language models are intelligent, but they aren't,' he states. 'We don't have machines that are nearly as smart as a house cat in terms of understanding the physical world.' \Within three to five years, LeCun predicts, AI will exhibit certain aspects of human-level intelligence. Robots, for example, capable of performing tasks they haven't been explicitly programmed or trained for. Nevertheless, he argues that rather than jeopardizing global safety, the DeepSeek episode – where a Chinese company developed an AI to rival the best of America's tech giants with a tenth of the computing power – demonstrates that no single entity will maintain dominance for long. 'If the US decides to restrict AI development for geopolitical or commercial reasons, innovation will emerge elsewhere in the world. DeepSeek proved that,' he says.
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