A call for a standards body to oversee the development of frontier artificial intelligence was voiced Tuesday by the CEO of Google DeepMind, an AI research lab.
"The Standards Body would be responsible for developing assessment protocols and working with appropriate federal agencies and the US National Labs to conduct testing in areas relevant to national security," Demis Hassabis wrote on LinkedIn.
He suggested the panel be modeled on a federally overseen public-private partnership or self-regulatory organization, like the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), and include independent leading technical experts and open-source representatives.
"At the moment, we are locked in an extremely intense, multilayered commercial and geopolitical race," he explained. "While these competitive dynamics fuel rapid progress and accelerate the incredible upsides, advances on the frontier are outpacing our understanding of the technology."
"Nobody in the world knows for sure what is going to happen from here, and even the experts disagree," he continued. "When there is a large degree of uncertainty and the stakes are this high, proceeding with cautious optimism is the sensible and correct strategy."
