Protecting Society from AI Misuse: When are Restrictions on Capabilities Warranted?

Understand

Artificial intelligence (AI) systems will increasingly be used to cause harm as they grow more capable.

• In fact, AI systems are already starting to be used to automate fraudulent activities, violate human rights, create harmful fake images, and identify dangerous toxins.
• To prevent some misuses of AI, we argue that targeted interventions on certain capabilities will be warranted.
• These restrictions may include controlling who can access certain types of AI models, what they can be used for, whether outputs are filtered or can be traced back to their user, and the resources needed to develop them.