Bannon, Rice, Branson Unite on Pro-Human AI Declaration
An unlikely coalition of political and business figures signs the Future of Life Institute's call to keep AI human-centered.
Politics makes strange bedfellows. AI policy makes even stranger ones.
Steve Bannon, Susan Rice, Richard Branson, Ralph Nader, Glenn Beck, and Nobel Prize-winning economist Daron Acemoglu have all signed the Future of Life Institute's Pro-Human AI Declaration. That's a sentence nobody had on their bingo card.
The coalition is deliberately eclectic — spanning the political spectrum from hard right to progressive left, with billionaire entrepreneurs and consumer advocates thrown in for good measure. The shared concern: ensuring artificial intelligence develops in ways that prioritize human welfare.
The Future of Life Institute has previously made waves with open letters calling for AI development pauses. This latest declaration appears aimed at demonstrating that AI safety isn't a partisan issue.
When Bannon and Rice agree on something, maybe the rest of us should pay attention.