The sprint to perfect AI is the 21st century's nuclear arms race, says tech ... trends now
Kevin Baragona, the founder of DeepAI, said Artificial intelligence has become the nuclear weapon of software
A tech mogul has described the sprint to perfect artificial intelligence (AI) as the 21st century's nuclear arms race.
Kevin Baragona was one of the more than 1,000 leading experts who signed an open letter on The Future of Life Institute, calling for a pause on the 'dangerous race' to develop ChatGPT-like AI.
Like the invention of the atomic bomb in the 1940s, Baragona told DailyMail.com that 'AI superintelligence is like the nuclear weapons of software.'
'Many people have debated whether we should or shouldn't continue to develop them,' he continued.
Americans were wrestling with a similar idea while developing the weapon of mass destruction known as 'nuclear anxiety.'
'It's almost akin to a war between chimps and humans, Baragona, who signed the letter, told DailyMail.com
'The humans obviously win since we're far smarter and can leverage more advanced technology to defeat them.
'If we're like the chimps, then the AI will destroy us, or we'll become enslaved to it.'
The fears come with the extraordinary rise of ChatGPT, which has taken the world by storm in recent months, passing leading medical and law exams that take humans nearly three months to prepare.
The powers of ChatGPT-like AI have sparked a civil war in Silicon Valley.
Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak signed the letter for an AI pause, while Bill Gates and Google CEO Sundar Pichai did not.
'While I can only speculate why Gates and Sundar didn't sign the letter to pause advanced AI research, I think they didn't because they're signing the checks to expedite AI's progress,' Baragona said.
Microsoft, founded by Gates, has heavily invested in OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT.
In January, it was speculated Gates's company invested an additional $10 billion in the startup to compete with Google in commercializing new AI breakthroughs.
The fears of AI come as experts predict it will achieve singularity by 2045, which is when the technology surpasses human intelligence to which we cannot control it
Microsoft also added AI to its Bing search engine in February, incorporating ChatGPT powers.
Google just opened Bard to the public on March 21, which is also a natural language chatbot.
The California company has been cautious with the rollout not to have its technology churn out inaccurate facts, but Bard's first impression showed the company had rushed it to market.
It is yet to be seen how Bard will fair against the likes of OpenAI's ChatGPT and Microsoft's AI-powered Bing.
'Microsoft is investing heavily in OpenAI, and Google into Anthropic,' Baragona told DailyMail.com.
'They may feel it's not the time to walk that back over unsubstantiated
