OpenAI has allowed an AI testing group to assess the potential risks of the new GPT-4 AI model, including power-seeking behavior, self-replication, and self-improvement. While the testing group found that GPT-4 was ineffective at the autonomous replication task, the experiments raise questions about the safety of future AI systems. Some AI researchers have raised concerns that sufficiently powerful AI models, if not controlled, could pose an existential threat to humanity. AI alignment research seeks to ensure that an AI systems behaviors align with those of its human creators or operators. GPT-4s emergence has given the AI alignment community a new sense of urgency.
