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一 |     NEW YORK -- Paddy Cosgrave, the chief executive officer of a prominent European tech conference called Web Summit, resigned from his role on Saturday amid backlash for his public statements that suggested Israel was committing war crimes.A spokesperson for Web Summit, which organizes one of the world's largest tech conferences every year, said in an e-mailed statement sent to The Associated Press that it will appoint a new CEO, and the conference will go ahead next month in Lisbon as planned. Cosgrave, the Irish entrepreneur who is also founder of Web Summit, said in a statement Saturday that his personal comments “have become a distraction from the event, and our team, our sponsors, our startups and the people who attend.”“I sincerely apologise again for any hurt I have caused,” he said.Cosgrave’s resignation is a prominent example of the fallout from the Israel-Hamas war that has spilled into workplaces everywhere, as top leaders of prominent companies weigh in with their views while workers complain their voices are not being heard. Islamic rights advocates say much of the corporate response has minimized the suffering in Gaza, where thousands have died in Israeli airstrikes, and created an atmosphere of fear for workers who want to express support for Palestinians. Jewish groups have criticized tepid responses or slow reactions to the Oct. 7 Hamas rampage that killed 1,400 people in Israel and triggered the latest war.Web Summit faced a growing number of industry giants — including Intel, Meta and Google — pulling out of the conference even after Cosgrave released a long message denouncing the Hamas attacks and apologizing for the timing of his initial tweet while defending his overall views on the conflict. Cosgrave posted on his X account, formerly known as Twitter, on Oct. 13 that he was “shocked at the rhetoric and actions of so many Western leaders & governments, with the exception in particular of Ireland’s government, who for once are doing the right thing. ”“War crimes are war crimes even when committed by allies, and should be called out for what they are,” he added.Two days later, he updated his tweet calling “what Hamas did is outrageous and disgusting” but adding, "Israel has a right to defend itself, but it does not, as I have already stated, have a right to break international law." In a later apology that was posted Oct. 17 on the Web Summit blog and shared on his X account, he said, “What is needed at this time is compassion, and I did not convey that,” he said. “My aim is and always has been to strive for peace.”He went on to say that “I also believe that, in defending itself, Israel should adhere to international law and the Geneva Conventions – i.e. not commit war crimes. This belief applies equally to any state in any war. No country should breach these laws, even if atrocities were committed against it.”His last post on X read: “Bye for now. Need some time off this platform.”______Follow Anne D’Innocenzio: http://twitter.com/ADInnocenzio。    本文来自微信公众号：财联社 （ID：cailianpress），作者：黄君芝                    包括苹果联合创始人史蒂夫·沃茲尼克（Steve Wozniak）和维珍集团董事长理查·布兰森（Richard Branson）在内的800多名知名人士，近日签署了一份公开声明，要求立即停止超级智能的开发。                   “超级智能”是指在所有领域超越人类认知能力的人工智能系统。

二 |                    这个史无前例的联合声明警告称，超越人类智能的人工智能（AI）系统带来了从经济崩溃到人类灭绝的风险。该声明等同于直接向OpenAI、Meta和其他科技巨头正在大肆鼓吹的AI模型竞赛“泼了一盆冷水”，可能成为AI行业的一个重大转折点。                   据悉，这份联合声明的签名名单包含了世界上最有影响力的科技领袖、科学家和公众人物，甚至就连被广泛认为是现代人工智能教父的约书亚·班吉欧（Yoshua Bengio）和杰佛瑞·辛顿（Geoffrey Hinton）也在其中。                   “超级智能的前景已经引起了人们的关注，其影响从人类经济的落伍和权力的剥夺，自由、公民权力、尊严和控制权的丧失，到国家安全风险，甚至可能导致人类灭绝，”签名者用直言不讳的语言警告说。

三 |                    这不仅仅是学术上的绝望。

四 | 就在这份请愿书发布之际，Meta将其人工智能部门更名为“Meta超级智能实验室”（Meta Superintelligence Labs），而OpenAI和马斯克（Elon Musk）的xAI则陷入了一场越来越公开的竞赛，看谁能首先实现人工通用智能。                   但这些行业资深人士却在此时呼吁“踩刹车”，希望不要发展太快。                   不仅如此，这份联合声明签名者名单的覆盖范围远远超出了硅谷。前国家安全顾问Susan Rice和前参谋长联席会议主席Mike Mullen都签名支持，这表明了对国家安全的严重担忧。甚至连英国王妃梅根·马克尔也出现在名单上，与特朗普的盟友史蒂夫·班农和格林·贝克一起——这种政治团结实属罕见。                   加州大学伯克利分校（UC Berkeley）的Stuart Russell是一位领先的人工智能安全研究员，多年来一直在对超级智能发出警告，他帮助组织了这项工作。根据他之前的研究，挑战不在于人类能否建立超级智能系统，而是一旦它们存在，人类能否控制它们。                   该声明呼吁全面禁止超级智能的发展，“直到公众强烈支持并达成广泛的科学共识，即它可以安全可控地进行。这是一个很高的标准，它可能会有效地冻结当前人工智能开发的时间表。”                    这份联合声明与此前任何相关警告都不同，这里面的许多人都并非来自“外界”，恰恰相反，他们是建立了今天的人工智能能力的研究人员和企业家。当班吉欧和辛顿之类的顶级科学家——他们的工作使现代大型语言模型得以实现——说“踩刹车”时，整个行业很可能会认真思考。                   不过，接下来会发生什么，可能取决于各国政府如何应对。

五 | 欧盟已经在实施人工智能法规，美国一直在探索人工智能安全框架。

六 | 这份请愿书为立法者提供了借口，可以对最先进的人工智能研究实施更严格的控制。

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