Anthropic Calls for Pausing Frontier AI Development as It Files for IPO (opens in new tab)

Marina Favaro and Jack Clark, in a very long article on Anthropic’s website: The technical trends discussed in this piece suggest that AI systems are going to become much more capable in coming years. These trends have huge implications. AI that can build itself would be a major development in the history of technology—one that could bring enormous good for the world in science, healthcare, and beyond. But full recursive self-improvement also might increase the risks of humans losing control ...