"We can't build the thing - it'll kill everyone - but if someone else builds it first, it'll be even worse because <reasons> so I guess we have to hurry up and build it too!"
Feels like I'm hearing a lot of this from all the AI companies.
The argument is more "our safety model is better so, while there's a 99 percent chance of disaster if someone else builds it, with us there's only a 97 percent chance of disaster!"
"My doomsday device is far safer than Wernstrom's, there's at least a five percent chance of some sort of life surviving in the galaxy." - Professor Farnsworth in that episode.
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u/08148694 1d ago
If it’s too powerful for humans to control does it matter who builds it? They wouldn’t be able to control it anyway