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by vikramkr 714 days ago
Also, we are talking about mitigating a large tangible downside risk to a sudden breakthrough in the space - all the secrets stop being secret. "Reasonable" timeline estimates for how far away we are matter for thinks like if/how much we invest in the tech, but optimistic timelines become pessimistic when defending against downsides and we should be pessimistic when preparing regulations and mitigations