Timothy Gowers’ tweet: Link.

Link to the open letter: Link.

Personal: Personally, I have high regard for the mathematicians in the list.

To quote:

These models are now operating at the level of the top human mathematicians in many parts of the subject and we must assume there is a significant chance of them developing superhuman abilities within a similarly short timeframe.

It is highly likely that these systems are comparably strong in other technical domains such as (for example) cyber security, autonomous weapon control, development of biological and chemical agents and the targeted spread of misinformation. Moreover we must assume that the rate of change of their capabilities will be similarly rapid in these areas.

Personal: Intuitively, potential superhuman intelligence is too serious a tool, except psychologically it doesn’t sound as scary as say the atom bomb.

Personal: Potential superhuman intelligence + human(s) with questionable intentions, might wipe us out.