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One consequence of creating a country of geniuses in a data center is that you now have a country of geniuses who can potentially help your competitors catch up
by tedsanders 8mo ago
One consequence of creating a country of geniuses in a data center is that you now have a country of geniuses who can potentially help your competitors catch up on research, coding, and data labeling. It's a tough problem for the industry and, more importantly, for long-term safety.
We're obviously nowhere close now, but if we get to a world AI becomes powerful, and powerful AI can be used to create misaligned powerful AI, you may have to start regulating powerful AI like refined uranium processing tech, which is regulated more heavily than refined uranium itself.
- xyzsparetimexyz 8mo agoWhose safety? Anthropics? Sure.
- tedsanders 8mo agoThe people who would otherwise be affected by spam calls, spam messages, ransomware / computer viruses, fake / deceptive websites, or bioengineered viruses. The risk of these could plausibly increase in a world with powerful AI. Obviously the risk isn't high now, and there are benefits to trade off against these costs, but all powerful technologies have costs.