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Maybe I am too cynical, but this just sounds like a plea for the government to step in and save them from their investors.
by fwlr 3mo ago
Maybe I am too cynical, but this just sounds like a plea for the government to step in and save them from their investors.
- overfeed 3mo ago"Oh no! The AI we developed for years, and whose stratospheric valuation is predicated on replacing human jobs, is coming for our jobs, the government should do something!" Signed, AI researchers and engineers.
- mosura 3mo agoIf the “recursive self improvement” is taken literally (and at some point it will) then that is going to be what happens. The fun part is that probably happens quite a way before getting anywhere near to AGI, and it is almost plausible that for many of them that is where they are.
- 0xDEAFBEAD 3mo agoInvestors want to see a return on their investment ASAP. The Economist recently published an article: "AI revenues are growing fast, but not fast enough -- The returns on trillions of dollars of spending are deeply uncertain" https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/07/28/ai-revenues-are-growing-fast-but-not-fast-enough https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/07/28/a... As OP states: "each company—and country—is under intense competitive pressure not to unilaterally slow that acceleration." Let's not overwrite human civilization for the sake of the shareholders.