Author: Trent Wintermeier

Why calling for a ‘kill switch’ is the wrong way to think about reining in AI It would be nice to think that stopping an out-of-control AI could be this simple. Zhihao/Moment via Getty Images Trent Wintermeier, The University of Texas at Austin In the wake of high-profile hacking incidents involving advanced artificial intelligence agents, some politicians and business executives have been calling for an AI kill switch: a safeguard that could shut down these AI systems in an emergency. The idea is that, if a model were to behave in dangerous ways, a kill switch would allow humans to regain…