Re:Altman Sought Billions for AI Chip Venture Before OpenAI ...
by Nevermark on Sunday November 19, 2023 @02:59PM
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> They also have an existential interest in creating safe ASI.
An oppressive state with AGI is no better than an oppressive AGI.
> China is the only other state that has anywhere close to the capacity
Despite recent complications, the trend everywhere is for greater capacity and you don't have to be the initial inventor of AGI to quickly end up with your own AGI.
I expect countries all over the world to quickly repurpose other kinds of military and authoritarian expenditures toward AI, even if they are just acquiring AGI as apposed to pioneering it. How could they not?
An oppressive state with AGI is no better than an oppressive AGI.
> China is the only other state that has anywhere close to the capacity
Despite recent complications, the trend everywhere is for greater capacity and you don't have to be the initial inventor of AGI to quickly end up with your own AGI.
I expect countries all over the world to quickly repurpose other kinds of military and authoritarian expenditures toward AI, even if they are just acquiring AGI as apposed to pioneering it. How could they not?