Questions mount over what an AI 'slowdown' would look like
While pacing AI development might sound like a quick fix, it is far from an easy solution.
There has been no shortage of warnings from AI's top bosses about existential threats over the years.
I attended the world's first AI safety summit in Bletchley Park in November 2023 where the focus was on the most serious threats imaginable, posed by the most powerful AI models.
At the time, many thought this was in the realm of sci-fi and the real threats were comparatively far more mundane: job losses, cheating in exams. Three years later, many of those same voices don't seem to be so sure.
The industry is a key part of the UK's strategy to drive economic growth. "There is no plan B" a former government adviser told me, so could a slowdown wreck future prospects here in Britain?