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As long as there are people in Russia and China who are willing to work on such tech, it's actually ethical for Americans to work on the technology. Effectivel
by weweweoo 3y ago
As long as there are people in Russia and China who are willing to work on such tech, it's actually ethical for Americans to work on the technology.
Effectively, it's the military power of the US and its allies that prevents people like Vladimir Putin from killing potentially millions of people in their neighbouring countries. Whatever faults US has, it's still infinitely better than Russia. I say this as a citizen of a country that shares a long border with Russia.
- karaterobot 3y agoI agree with the second paragraph. The first paragraph is more of a thorny issue to me. If AI is potentially destructive in an existential sense, then working to get there faster just you can be the one to destroy the world on accident is not part of my ethical model. I put existential AI risk at a low but non-zero chance, like OpenAI should/does/did/hard to say anymore.
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- wolverine876 3y ago> As long as there are people in Russia and China who are willing to work on such tech, it's actually ethical for Americans to work on the technology. While that carries weight, 'the other person is doing it' has long been an excuse for bad behavior. The essential goals are freedom, peace, and prosperity; dealing with Russia and China are means to an end, not the goal. If developing AI doesn't achieve the goal, we are failing.