Huawei’s chair has urged Chinese AI companies to accelerate development to catch up with frontier US labs, contrasting with calls in Silicon Valley for a slowdown amid rising concerns about the existential risks posed by the technology.
华为董事长敦促中国AI公司加快开发，追赶前沿的美国实验室，这与硅谷发出的呼声形成反差。随着人们日益担忧AI构成的生存风险，美国科技企业最近呼吁放慢AI发展步伐。
Chinese researchers needed to “increase the speed of development so they can also see the dangers of AI development” like their US counterparts, said Eric Xu, the company’s rotating chair, at a press conference on Thursday, adding that once those risks emerged, the industry would need to “strike a balance between driving development and risks”.
华为轮值董事长徐直军在周四举行的记者会上表示，中国研究人员需要加快开发速度，这样他们才能像美国同行那样感受到AI发展所带来的风险。他接着说道，一旦那些风险浮出水面，行业需要在推动技术发展与管理风险之间取得平衡。
The Chinese tech executive’s comments came just days after Anthropic and OpenAI called for a co-ordinated slowdown in the technology’s development following days of stark warnings over its safety.
就在这位中国科技业高管发表上述言论的几天前，Anthropic和OpenAI在连日就AI安全性发出严厉警告后，呼吁协同放缓该技术的开发。