GoKawiilSpaceX founder Elon Musk addresses members of the media during a press conference announcing new developments of the Crew Dragon reusable spacecraft, at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, Oct. 10, 2019.
Elon Musk called for the top artificial intelligence companies to work together and test each other's models before they're released to the public, as some of the industry's leaders warn of the technology's dangers and push for greater government regulation.
Speaking at the All-in Summit in Los Angeles on Monday, the SpaceX CEO said his company, OpenAI , Anthropic , Google , Meta and "three or four of the leading Chinese companies" should let rivals run a "test harness" on their models to evaluate their safety.
"So, you know, instead of grading your own homework, you would at least have competitors grading your homework and raising the alarm if they see concerns," Musk said.
The debate around how to regulate AI has intensified after the leaders of Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI companies spent the weekend warning about the technology's harms and called for a slowdown in model development. Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman were among the tech leaders who backed Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's proposal for a slowdown, marking a rare show of unity.
The push from top AI leaders came amid a broader warning about the fate of humanity as AI researchers sounded the alarm last week, sparked by a post from Jacob Coxon, who announced that he quit his job at Anthropic.
Coxon, who also worked at OpenAI, wrote that the leading AI labs are "gambling with our lives." Researchers quickly chimed in, with Evan Hubinger, an alignment lead at Anthropic, also backing Coxon's statements.
"Jacob is correct here—we really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans! I personally think it is >10% within the next decade," Hubinger wrote.