[houzertuch]

Like I have said countless times, it’s easy compared to what we get in return. It’s easy to understand in principle. It doesn’t require sophisticated mathematics.

So you think that we should let all countries have whatever weapons they want under your logic. They will develop nukes and chemical weapons regardless of any international agreement that is established, so why even try? The obvious answer is to advance our own nuke technology as fast as possible so that we, the good guys, will lead where the arms race goes.

And AGI is a far greater existential threat than nuclear weapons. It is a greater existential threat than anything else, including global warming. It’s the biggest Pandora’s box in history. The idea of controlling or guiding its impact by having “the good guys” develop AGI first is the precipice of naivety. We lose nothing by trying to stop it. And we stand to gain more than we have ever gained from any coordinated effort. How easy or hard it might be is irrelevant, although it is much easier than basically anyone appreciates.

[richardwhiuk]

Nuclear weapons provably kill people. AGI doesn't. Be careful about your hyperbole.