> The author is absolutely right, and the only sensible thing to do is stop and figure out exactly what this new technology is and what it's implications are.

> The author is absolutely right, and the only sensible thing to do is stop and figure out exactly what this new technology is and what it's implications are. That's not an option anybody in AI safety is seriously considering. We can't coordinate our way out of using new technologies any better than we can coordinate our way out of fossil fuels (and fossil fuels are a lot easier in some ways).