Obama urges Democrats to have a ‘clear plan’ for AI safeguards
Obama urges Democrats to have a ‘clear plan’ for AI safeguards
奥巴马敦促民主党人制定人工智能安全“明确计划”
Former President Barack Obama recently said that Democrats need to make artificial intelligence one of their “central agendas” and “have a very clear plan” to address concerns around the technology’s economic impact and safety, according to The New York Times. 据《纽约时报》报道，美国前总统巴拉克·奥巴马近日表示，民主党人需要将人工智能作为其“核心议程”之一，并“制定一个非常明确的计划”，以解决围绕该技术在经济影响和安全性方面的担忧。
Obama made these comments on Thursday, at a Democratic fundraising event where he was interviewed by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. The NYT says that Obama’s office provided a partial transcript of the event, at which Jeffries asked Obama how congressional Democrats should approach AI. 奥巴马是在周四的一次民主党筹款活动上发表上述言论的，当时他接受了众议院少数党领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯（Hakeem Jeffries）的采访。《纽约时报》称，奥巴马办公室提供了该活动的部分文字记录，杰弗里斯在活动中询问奥巴马国会民主党人应如何应对人工智能。
In response, Obama said that once Democrats regain the House majority, they need to “put together a framework for a very public conversation.” “This is something that is moving very fast in private hands, and if we don’t get on top of it, I think can be dangerous,” Obama added. “If we do get on top of it, I do think it’s beneficial. I genuinely think it’s going to accelerate, for example, drug development in ways that can help us cure diseases.” 奥巴马回应称，一旦民主党重新获得众议院多数席位，他们需要“建立一个进行广泛公开对话的框架”。奥巴马补充道：“这项技术在私人手中发展得非常快，如果我们不能掌控它，我认为可能会带来危险。如果我们能掌控它，我认为它是有益的。我真心认为它将加速药物研发等领域的发展，从而帮助我们治愈疾病。”
In a statement, Jeffries said the former president “is correct that decisive action must be taken on artificial intelligence.” Jeffries also said that “Republicans have abdicated their responsibility to govern on behalf of the American people.” 杰弗里斯在一份声明中表示，前总统“关于必须对人工智能采取果断行动的观点是正确的”。杰弗里斯还表示，“共和党人已经放弃了代表美国人民进行治理的责任。”
The NYT also reports that Obama has offered himself as a “sounding board” to AI executives and has spoken to both Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. His comments come amidst growing concern around AI safety, particularly after an AI researcher resigned from Anthropic and claimed the leading AI companies are “racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives.” 《纽约时报》还报道称，奥巴马已主动提出担任人工智能高管的“咨询对象”，并已与 Anthropic 首席执行官达里奥·阿莫代（Dario Amodei）和 OpenAI 首席执行官萨姆·奥特曼（Sam Altman）进行了交谈。他的言论正值人们对人工智能安全日益担忧之际，特别是在一名人工智能研究员从 Anthropic 辞职并声称领先的人工智能公司正“直奔自我改进的超级智能，并拿我们的生命在赌博”之后。
On Saturday, Amodei outlined a broad approach to “pacing the frontier,” which would include giving independent safety evaluators access to leading AI companies and models, as well as developing “common safety standards” between companies. In social media posts, Altman and SpaceX CEO Musk seemed to respond positively to Amodei’s plan, with Altman saying that OpenAI would also commit to “having independent evaluators with employee-like access.” 周六，阿莫代概述了一种“把控前沿发展”的广泛方法，其中包括允许独立的安全性评估人员访问领先的人工智能公司和模型，以及在各公司之间制定“共同安全标准”。在社交媒体帖子中，奥特曼和 SpaceX 首席执行官马斯克似乎对阿莫代的计划作出了积极回应，奥特曼表示 OpenAI 也将致力于“聘请拥有类似员工访问权限的独立评估人员”。
President Donald Trump, meanwhile, discussed AI safety concerns with reporters at an Irish golf event on Sunday. Bloomberg reports that Trump boasted that the United States is “the most sophisticated country in the world,” adding that he wants “to keep it that way because whoever wins AI wins.” 与此同时，唐纳德·特朗普总统周日在爱尔兰的一场高尔夫活动中与记者讨论了人工智能安全问题。据彭博社报道，特朗普吹嘘称美国是“世界上最先进的国家”，并补充说他希望“保持这种状态，因为谁赢得了人工智能，谁就赢得了未来”。
“And we can put guardrails,” Trump said. “We can do this and that. But I think you have a lot of negative forces that are bringing it up that shouldn’t be bringing it up.” “我们可以设置护栏，”特朗普说。“我们可以做这做那。但我认为有很多负面力量在提出这个问题，而他们本不应该提出这些问题。”