King Charles warned of the ‘existential dangers’ of AI ‘before it is all too late’ and urged keeping our humanity ‘sacred’ during a landmark meeting with the ‘greatest technological minds’ at Dumfries House.
King Charles III convened some of the biggest names in artificial intelligence on Thursday as its rise around the world is “both intriguing and deeply concerning in equal measure.”
Jensen Huang, Nvidia founder and chief executive, Demis Hassabis, Google DeepMind founder and chairman, Sarah Friar, OpenAI Chief Financial Officer, and Tino Cuéllar, Anthropic’s Chief Global Affairs Officer, were among those invited to discuss the ‘development’ of AI and safeguards for the emerging technology.
As you gather for what, I hope, you will find to be fruitful conversations on the rapid development of Artificial Intelligence, I can only pray that this philosophy goes some way to arming you with the unique perspective needed to reconcile the enduring needs of humanity, with the extraordinary capabilities of these new technologies.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I suppose we might readily agree that the development of AI – its substance and its pace – are both intriguing and deeply concerning in equal measure. AI is already showing its immense capacity to improve and save life – for example, in the field of life sciences and medicine.
Yet, those who have created these technologies are now increasingly warning that AI risks developing darker capacities – perhaps even to take life. In this regard, if I may say so, there seems urgency in adequately considering the existential dangers of such technologies falling into the wrong hands, and being used in potentially catastrophic ways. Surely, we need sufficient means of control before it is all too late?
Those in our world who value deeply our humanity and its vital moral component are anxiously seeking your reassurance that we will not lose control of our destiny, or our souls…
In other words, as I have said, our humanity must remain sacred. — King Charles III
The event, which focused on harnessing AI to benefit the natural world, was hosted alongside the King’s Trust, the King’s Foundation and the Sustainable Markets Initiative. The meeting of global tech leaders comes as the technology’s fast pace requires new regulation and safeguards.
The companies came together to ‘guide’ its future and keep it from ‘falling into the wrong hands.’
“As we embrace what is new, we must not lose what is timeless,” the King said on Thursday. Many have called for more regulatory oversight in recent weeks, including some of those in attendance at Dumfries House.
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