> I don't think your argument is very convincing since this > problem would affect almost every site on the internet and > almost every text-based communicati

> I don't think your argument is very convincing since this > problem would affect almost every site on the internet and > almost every text-based communication channel. Every text based channel is already compromised, if not by AI, then by bad actors. The only difference is that it's in lower volume than it might be with AI. It's only a matter of time before somebody else recreates this AI (I'm relatively sure I could with 2 solid months and some motivation) and the longer we delay, potentially the greater the threat. Consider this in terms of anti-virus software, do you respond to each incremental advance in virus programming or do you wait until the problem is overwhelmingly bad and you don't have years of incremental research to support yourself? > If burglary increased 100-fold, I don't think many would > see it as a wake-up call to install beefier home security > systems. Even if this increased spam 100-fold, this wouldn't happen overnight. But by locking it away, researchers can not actively work on a counter solution - so when somebody invents a better AI and releases it, they are extremely ill prepared. Not only this, the people themselves are unprepared too. I think in delaying the handling this problem, the potential for mass disruption increases - not decreases.