AI governance

"Many plans for AI governance are put forth these days, from licensing frontier AI systems to safety standards to a public cloud with a few hundred million in compute for academics. 


"I find it an insane proposition that the US government will let a random, SF [San Francisco] startup develop superintelligence. 

"Imagine if we had developed atomic bombs by letting Uber just improvise. 

"Superintelligence —AI systems much smarter than humans —will have vast power, from developing novel weaponry to driving an explosion in economic growth. 

"Superintelligence will be the locus of international competition; a lead of months potentially decisive in military conflict. 

"It is a delusion of those who have unconsciously internalized our brief respite from history that this will not summon more primordial forces. 

"Like many scientists before us, the great minds of San Francisco hope that they can control the destiny of the demon they are birthing. Right now, they still can; for they are among the few with situational awareness, who understand what they are building. 

"But in the next few years, the world will wake up. So too will the national security state. History will make a triumphant return." 




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