[arbitrary_name]

To me it's the American guns ownership situation: if you make guns illegal now, criminals and governments will still keep them, but your average joe won't get them. A very unequal playing field.

LLMs will be used against us: let's at least have our own, and learn how to defend against them?

i say this as devil's advocate, with serious reservations about where all of this is going.

[FeepingCreature]

It'll eventually get broad use, sure, but this is more about playing for time. The issue is the very uneven progress between capabilities and safety.

I don't want only government to use them because I trust the government but because I know the government to be sclerotic and uninnovative.

If only governments use them, they'll progress a lot more slowly.