[throw009]

>We really shouldn't be building an "open source" AI in the first place though, and it's going to be illegal to do so soon. The weaponization power will be made clear soon and that will justifiably spook everyone.

Encryption was illegal not that long ago for the same reasons. Now it's the basis of all the digital economy. If we made it illegal again of the top 10 tech companies by market cap only Nvidia and TSMC would not be outright illegal to operate.

The timid cowardice that's taken over tech will not serve it well in the coming 20 years.

[flangola7]

How do you plan to have differential technology development and thoughtful and cautious alignment research if we go building these things without a speed limit?

Giving a baby a hand grenade would be more responsible.

[dragonwriter]

> How do you plan to have differential technology development and thoughtful and cautious alignment research if we go building these things without a speed limit?

We aren’t going to have those things anyway; the closest we’ll get is if development is relatively public and open and thus subject to outsider critique. The only interest the closed corporate restricted approach has in alignment is in controlling the research, suppressing unwelcome avenues of inquiry, and generating PR to assuage public fears.

[throw009]

Caution is for losers.