A Right to Warn about Advanced Artificial Intelligence

Notes

Signed open letter from frontier-lab employees (OpenAI, DeepMind, Anthropic); primary testimony of signatories' stated positions. Reliability near primary_doc prior; it is authoritative about what signatories claim, not about the underlying empirical risk assertions.

Evidence from this source (4)

• CDThe letter signatories assert that ordinary whistleblower protections are insuf… support
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  0.90

  method: primary_testimony · locator: Paragraph beginning 'So long as there is no effective government oversight'

  “Ordinary whistleblower protections are insufficient because they focus on illegal activity, whereas many of the risks we are concerned about are not yet regulated.”

• CDThe letter signatories assert that AI companies hold substantial non-public inf… support
  weight

  0.85

  method: primary_testimony · locator: Paragraph beginning 'AI companies possess substantial non-public information'

  “AI companies possess substantial non-public information about the capabilities and limitations of their systems, the adequacy of their protective measures, and the risk levels of different kinds of harm.”

• CDThe letter signatories assert that, absent effective government oversight of fr… support
  weight

  0.85

  method: primary_testimony · locator: Paragraph beginning 'So long as there is no effective government oversight'

  “current and former employees are among the few people who can hold them accountable to the public”

• CDIn June 2024, current and former employees of frontier AI companies published a… support
  weight

  0.95

  method: primary_testimony · locator: Principles list (bulleted section)

  “We therefore call upon advanced AI companies to commit to these principles”