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by rcarr 33 days ago
The thing is what is the alternative option? If you don't build it, then your rivals do. All of your electronic and military systems then become compromised because your rivals can exploit or negate them one way or another via AI. So you have to build it regardless. It's a suicide pact the same way nuclear weapons are a suicide pact but if you don't have them then you're at the mercy of anyone else who does.
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> what is the alternative option?

Build it without the catastrophising PR. Try, you know, selling it as something that will do good.

Altman wanking on about how he’s going to end the species is great for attracting investors—this crap worked for Bankman-Fried, too [1]. If you are building world-ending kit, you’re a super-important dude who has to be listened to. On the other end of the spectrum, you have everyone quietly doing their work.

[1] https://conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/sam-bankman-frie...