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It sure seems like it would be being built more slowly if these companies weren't pouring billions of dollars into building it as fast as possible. That might
by paulhebert 4mo ago
It sure seems like it would be being built more slowly if these companies weren't pouring billions of dollars into building it as fast as possible.
That might give us more time to think through strategies for handling it as a society.
- gizmodo59 4mo agoMY cynical take: Until the compute needs get so enormous that only governments can fund it and there is a consensus internationally, its either company A in country X or company B in country Y. And since everyone thinks THEY are the good guys the competition will continue.
- paulhebert 4mo agoYou might be right. Just don't expect me to cheer on the arms dealers during the arms race.
- bpodgursky 4mo agoYou can't simultaneously believe China is only ~6 months behind (true), and that US buildouts are vastly accelerating AI. If China is only a little bit behind, US labs halting changes nothing except puts the power in the hands of Chinese labs (realistically, the Chinese government)
- paulhebert 4mo agoYeah, the genie may be out of the bottle now. I wish we weren't in this situation and cooler heads had prevailed earlier on. I have serious concerns about how quickly this is accelerating and don't trust any of the major players (including Anthropic) to handle these concerns properly.
- hobom 4mo agoChina is 6 months behind because of distillation attacks, otherwise the gap would be larger
- HeatrayEnjoyer 4mo agoWhy is that worse? 1 party having a black hole summoning button is better than 2.