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Indeed. I'm concerned about the safety of future AGI systems, but China is why I wouldn't advocate for a unilateral pause or slowdown.
by zone411 3y ago
Indeed. I'm concerned about the safety of future AGI systems, but China is why I wouldn't advocate for a unilateral pause or slowdown.
- remarkEon 3y agoThis is why I can't take the Safetyists seriously. Yudkowsky's essay in Time demanding a global pause in AI research is so naive to the point of parody. And who is going to enforce this "pause", Eliezer? What he's really advocating is global war to prevent the AI apocalypse. Fair enough, but he should really make that his argument because AI research doesn't stop with out it.
- ethanbond 3y agoContrary to popular HN belief, the human species has curtailed technological development along various lines, internationally. E.g. Human cloning, human hybrids, hugely successful non-proliferation in nuclear weapons
- remarkEon 3y agoTrue, but those are all pretty different from AI, though. It’s not immediately obvious that human cloning has great benefits. Ditto human hybrids (supposing that’s even possible). And nuclear weapons proliferation is pretty difficult to hide because of how they’re made. But prove your data center isn’t running AI models.