[walkhour]

> If you don’t believe in crazy science fiction scenarios like these, fine. But then why are you so sure that it’s crucial to “win” the AI “race”?

The whole point of the article is that either AI is not that big of a deal and like many other technologies (e.g. electricity, cars, ... ), or it's so revolutionary that's it's so hard to align that we're doomed.

Well, can't it be something else? Can't it be something very safe which gives a country a 200 year head start?

[anon84873628]

Sure. We just don't have examples in history where the head start is as big as 200 years.

Well, there is a difference between the "developed" and "developing" world, but that doesn't seem to be due to access to a single specific technology...

[walkhour]

We also don't have examples of one of the two contemplated options, we haven't seen a technology that has destroyed the world either.