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Tech treating AI like humans is mistaken and misguided, Microsoft boss tells BBC
Watch: Tech firms are "essentially seeding a new silicon species" says Microsoft's head of AI Mustafa Suleyman
The head of Microsoft AI has said that unless adequate restrictions are implemented in the development of artificial intelligence it could lead to the emergence of a new silicon species which would compete with humans
He described rival firm Anthropic's approach of treating AI like it is human as "misguided" as he warned against creating a technology humanity cannot control.
Speaking to the BBC's Today programme, Mustafa Suleyman said it is "right" that people are concerned or alarmed, but there are "very practical things that we can do to add additional guardrails and controls to how these models are developed".
The comments are the latest in a series of stark warnings from the AI industry on the possible dangers of the technology.
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Speaking to the Today programme on Thursday, he said if firms continue to create AIs that create their own objectives, earn money and own assets, they are "essentially seeding a new silicon species which will no doubt compete with us for resources, no matter how much it cares about humanity and loves us".
The AI leader's comments to the BBC follow an essay he published earlier this week, where he warned about Anthropic's approach to training its AI model Claude.
He heavily criticised Anthropic for teaching its AI to have human-like qualities, a practice known as anthropomorphising, which he said made it seem as though Claude had its own desires, values and sense of self. The BBC has contacted Anthropic for comment.