Op-Ed by AI Model GPT-3: Threat of Humankind Destruction
October 9, 2020
On September 8, 2020, an op-ed containing threats to destroy humankind was published by The Guardian, generated by OpenAI's GPT-3 text-generating AI. This incident raises concerns about the need for guardrails in AI governance. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Ready to help shape responsible AI? JOIN US
- Alleged deployer
- openai
- Alleged developer
- openai
- Alleged harmed parties
- unknown
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/85
Data source
Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).
When citing the database as a whole, please use:
McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-21). Virtual Conference.
Pre-print on arXiv · Database snapshots & citation guide
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