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Re:US and UK refuse to sign AI safety declaration at summit by palmotea on Wednesday February 12, 2025 @05:30PM (#43030467)
> Punish them severely when detected? Nice plan. What if they aren't in your jurisdiction?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Opera

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Natanz_incident

https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-targeted-secret-nuclear...

If were talking about technology that "could go off the rails in a catastrophic way," don't dick around.

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Re:US and UK refuse to sign AI safety declaration at summit by chasd00 on Wednesday February 12, 2025 @05:38PM (#43030530)
well let's assume an airstrike is on the table, what site would you hit? AWS data centers in Virginia?
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Re:US and UK refuse to sign AI safety declaration at summit by palmotea on Wednesday February 12, 2025 @05:47PM (#43030609)
The point wasn't literally airstrike, it was don't get hung up over "jurisdiction" when it comes to "avoiding catastrophe." There are other options. Here are a few from the Israeli example, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Iranian_nucle..., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet, but I'm sure there are other innovative ways to answer the challenge.
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Re:US and UK refuse to sign AI safety declaration at summit by wkat4242 on Wednesday February 12, 2025 @05:57PM (#43030699)
If they are in Virginia then it is within American jurisdiction and there's no need for military involvement.
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Re:US and UK refuse to sign AI safety declaration at summit by achierius on Thursday February 13, 2025 @10:19AM (#43036722)
That'd be within our jurisdiction. But yes, if, say, Ireland went rogue (in a hypothetical environment where most of the international community was aligned on this stuff) and attempted a straight shot to AGI, I think it'd be reasonable to bomb their datacenters.
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