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AI industry insiders warned the New York City Council as local government moved to address safety concerns.

AI industry insiders warned the New York City Council as local government moved to address safety concerns.

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October 6th, 2026

AI industry insiders warned the New York City Council as local government moved to address safety concerns.

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On Monday, figures from the artificial intelligence industry warned New York City leaders of the dangers posed by emerging technologies and called for stronger regulation, as local governments begin to respond to mounting concerns that these systems could endanger humanity.

人工智能业内人士周一警告纽约市领导人新兴技术的危险,呼吁加强监管,因为地方政府正着手回应人们对这些系统可能危及人类的日益增长的担忧。

At a hearing of the New York City Council, employees who had recently left Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google DeepMind described the reckless culture at these companies and pointed out that the largest tech companies are racing to create technologies they do not know how to control.

在纽约市议会的一次听证会上,最近从Anthropic、OpenAI和谷歌DeepMind离职的员工描述了这些公司鲁莽的文化,并指出最大的科技公司正在竞相创造他们不知道如何控制的技术。

"These companies embrace a startup mentality: move fast, break things, and fix them later.

“这些公司秉持创业心态:快速行动,打破常规,以后再修复。

That works for a photo-sharing app, but it doesn't work for building the most powerful technology ever created," said Jacob Kocson, a former Anthropic engineer who has since become a leading advocate for regulation.

这对照片分享应用有效,但对构建有史以来最强大的技术无效,”Anthropic前工程师、现已成为监管主要倡导者的雅各布·考克森说。

With the Trump administration taking a passive stance and Congress doing nothing, state and municipal governments have been considering how to regulate artificial intelligence.

由于特朗普政府态度消极、国会无所作为,州和市政府一直在考虑如何监管人工智能。

President Donald Trump dismissed people's concerns about artificial intelligence as a "hoax," and late last month he signed an agreement that set out a series of voluntary measures companies could take, largely allowing businesses to regulate themselves.

唐纳德·特朗普总统将人们对人工智能的担忧斥为“骗局”,并于上月末签署了一项协议,其中列出了企业可采取的一系列自愿性措施,并在很大程度上允许企业自我监管。

Coxon was a little-known engineer at Anthropic until he announced his departure through a series of social media posts, drawing global attention.

考克森曾是Anthropic一位鲜为人知的工程师,直到他通过一系列社交媒体帖子宣布离职,引起全球关注。

He told parliament that AI could bring enormous benefits, but that without transparency and safeguards, things are more likely to spiral out of control.

他告诉议会,人工智能可能带来巨大的好处,但如果没有透明度和保障措施,事情更有可能失控。

"On the current trajectory, I think it is more likely than not that humans will lose control of these AIs, potentially leading to human extinction," Coxon said.

“按照目前的路径,我认为人类更有可能失去对这些人工智能的控制,最终可能导致人类灭绝,”考克森说。

A few days after Coxon resigned and voiced his worst-case concerns, top executives — among them Dario Amodei of Anthropic, Sam Altman of OpenAI, and Elon Musk of SpaceXAI — stated that they agreed the development of artificial intelligence needed to slow down.

考克森辞职并表达对最坏情况的担忧几天后,包括Anthropic的达里奥·阿莫代、OpenAI的山姆·奥特曼、SpaceXAI的埃隆·马斯克在内的顶级高管表示,他们同意人工智能的发展需要放缓。

AI companies set out in detail the measures they had taken to prioritise safety, but a coordinated industry slowdown faces several obstacles.

人工智能公司详细说明了他们为优先考虑安全所采取的措施,但行业协调放缓面临若干障碍。

At a hearing in Manhattan on Monday, a panel of employees from AI companies — representing tech giants OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Meta — also testified, telling officials that their systems were already improving people's daily lives and stressing that they placed great emphasis on safety.

在周一曼哈顿的听证会上,一个由人工智能公司员工组成的小组——代表科技巨头OpenAI、Anthropic、谷歌和Meta——也出庭作证,向官员表示其系统已在改善人们的日常生活,并强调他们高度重视安全。

Anthropic and OpenAI stated that their advanced AI products require regulation, and the company representatives at the hearing were open to some of the city council's proposals.

Anthropic与OpenAI表示,其先进人工智能产品需要监管,而听证会上的公司代表对市议会的一些建议持开放态度。

"Like you, I am committed to ensuring that technology develops safely and that its benefits are widely shared," said Morgan Dwyer of OpenAI.

“我同你们一样,致力于确保技术安全发展,并使其益处得到广泛分享,”OpenAI的摩根·德怀尔说。

During the hearing, Board of Supervisors President Julie Menin at one point asked each company representative to "quantify the risk that AI poses in the worst-case catastrophic scenario."

听证会期间,市议会议长朱莉·梅宁一度要求每位公司代表“量化人工智能在最坏灾难性场景下构成的风险”。

Dwyer replied, "I don't know — and I don't think it makes any difference whether the probability of a catastrophic error is 1%, 10%, or 20%.

德怀尔回答说:“我不知道——我也不认为发生灾难性错误的概率究竟是1%、10%还是20%有什么不同。

All of these levels are completely unacceptable.

这些水平都完全不可接受。

We should not train models that we cannot demonstrate with a very high degree of confidence can be kept under human control."

我们不应该训练那些我们无法极有把握地证明可以将其置于人类控制之下的模型。”

Menin attacked this response as "at best reckless."

梅宁抨击这一回答“充其量是轻率的”。

"What I mean to say is that the percentage probability is not important.

“我想说的是,概率百分比并不重要。

What matters is the commitment to safety, and that is precisely what OpenAI is dedicated to upholding," Dwyer said.

重要的是对安全的承诺,而这恰恰是OpenAI所致力于践行的,”德怀尔说。

The city council is considering several regulations on artificial intelligence, including requiring companies to disclose information about AI tools, mandating third-party approval for the city's AI systems, and allowing whistleblowers to receive a share of fines imposed on AI companies that break the law.

市议会正在考虑多项人工智能法规,包括要求公司披露人工智能工具信息、要求该市的人工智能系统获得第三方批准,以及允许举报人从违反法律的人工智能公司罚款中获得一部分。

In addition, Kathy Hochul, the Democratic governor of New York, has taken action to establish reporting and transparency standards around artificial intelligence, and governors elsewhere have followed suit, although their authority is somewhat constrained because AI technology can cross state and even national borders.

此外,民主党人、纽约州州长凯西·霍楚尔已采取行动,围绕人工智能制定报告与透明度标准,其他地方的州长也纷纷效仿,尽管由于人工智能技术能够跨越州界乃至国界,他们的权力在某种程度上受到限制。

Anthropic's Logan Graham told the legislature that the company welcomes "sensible regulation," and that state and local governments have a role to play in developing frameworks.

Anthropic的洛根·格雷厄姆向议会表示,公司欢迎“明智的监管”,州和地方政府在制定框架方面可以发挥作用。

"AI has become powerful enough that, when it goes wrong, it can cause tangible consequences for individuals, institutions, and public trust," he said.

“人工智能已足够强大,一旦出错,便会对个人、机构以及公众信任造成切实的后果,”他说。

"We must work tirelessly to get the science of risk mitigation right."

“我们必须不懈努力,做好降低风险的科学。”

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