> They also have an existential interest in creating safe ASI. An oppressive state with AGI is no better than an oppressive AGI. > China is the only other st

> They also have an existential interest in creating safe ASI. An oppressive state with AGI is no better than an oppressive AGI. > China is the only other state that has anywhere close to the capacity to attempt to go for AGI. Any state can easily recreate/adopt the AGI invented by others. The costs and challenges for any given level of AI tech have dropped precipitously after each advance, and state level actors have far more than enough resources.