The Bletchley Declaration, signed by world leaders  during the recent AI Safety Summit, has left us all in stitches, though not the kind of stitches you’d expect from a conference addressing the future of AI. 

In this document, countries resolve to ensure “human-centric, trustworthy, and responsible AI that is safe.” It’s like a group of foxes convening to discuss how to make henhouses more secure!

The irony is that the lack of trustworthiness and responsibility among humans is precisely what has led us to this AI safety summit. 

We’re looking to AI for solutions to problems caused by our own shortcomings, like a thief asking the lock-picking community for a safer lock. It’s a bit like trying to teach a toddler to behave responsibly by handing them a loaded bazooka.

Furthermore, AI is just a natural progression of human intelligence, or lack thereof. We invented mathematics, only to later rely on calculators and computers to do the heavy lifting. It’s like outsourcing our brainpower to machines while we twiddle our thumbs.

So, while the Bletchley Declaration is all well and good, it’s hard not to chuckle at the absurdity of it all. Maybe next time we can draft a “Human Behavior Declaration” instead.