Published on July 11, 2024 11:53 PM GMT
He starts by emphasizing
The issue is so hotly debated because the stakes are major: According to some estimates, quadrillions of dollars of net present value are up for grabs, not to mention political power great enough to significantly disrupt the current world order.
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The most important thing to realize, through all the noise of discussions and debates, is a very simple and indisputable fact: while we are racing towards AGI or even ASI, nobody currently knows how such an AGI or ASI could be made to behave morally, or at least behave as intended by its developers and not turn against humans.
And goes on to do a pretty great job addressing "those who think
- AGI and ASI are impossible or are centuries in the futureAGI is possible but only in many decadesthat we may reach AGI but not ASI, those who think that AGI and ASI will be kind to usthat corporations will only design well-behaving AIs and existing laws are sufficientwho think that we should accelerate AI capabilities research and not delay benefits of AGItalking about catastrophic risks will hurt efforts to mitigate short-term human-rights issues with AIconcerned with the US-China cold warthat international treaties will not workthe genie is out of the bottle and we should just let go and avoid regulationthat open-source AGI code and weights are the solutionworrying about AGI is falling for Pascal’s wager"
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