Sahil Kapur(@sahilkapur):NEW: ‘Godfather of AI’ warns Congress has ‘maybe a year’ left to regulate AI “AI has now reached the point where AI is designing better AI,” Hinton told reporters after the briefing. “That’s called recursive self-improvement. ... It is going to get out of control unless we do something.” “This is batshit crazy, insane science fiction stuff that literally happened recently,” Rep. @TedLieu says. Lieu & @SenJohnKennedy support a “kill switch” law that assures these systems can be shut off if they spin out of control. Kennedy isn’t holding his breath: “Right now, Congress can’t pass gas.” Our sobering look at the gap between the speed of AI and pace of Capitol Hill:

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NEW: ‘Godfather of AI’ warns Congress has ‘maybe a year’ left to regulate AI “AI has now reached the point where AI is designing better AI,” Hinton told reporters after the briefing. “That’s called recursive self-improvement. ... It is going to get out of control unless we do something.” “This is batshit crazy, insane science fiction stuff that literally happened recently,” Rep. @TedLieu says. Lieu & @SenJohnKennedy support a “kill switch” law that assures these systems can be shut off if they spin out of control. Kennedy isn’t holding his breath: “Right now, Congress can’t pass gas.” Our sobering look at the gap between the speed of AI and pace of Capitol Hill: