A growing group of leading technologists have issued calls for caution and debate before pursuing further technical advances. An open letter to the engineering community calling for a six-month pause has received more than 33,000 signatures. Seven companies that are developing AI announced their commitment to manage the risks of artificial intelligence on Friday at a White House meeting with President Biden. The potential integration of weapon systems with increasingly autonomous software necessarily brings risks. But the suggestion to halt the development of these technologies is misguided.

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