Comment on Tell HN: Stall AI progress for the benefit of humanityparentComments−blutootOP9moWhat would have been the ideal point for it to have been curbed?−p-e-w9moWhen US companies were still the only game in town. Given that AI progress is now driven by international competition across mutually hostile jurisdictions, there is absolutely no chance of putting the genie back into the bottle anymore.−blutootOP9moThe same could be said about nuclear weapons right and yet we achieved stability.−p-e-w9moThe difference is that states don’t benefit from using nuclear weapons, only from having them. But they definitely benefit from using AI.−bigyabai9moWe kinda didn't. There are undeclared nuclear states on the planet right now.
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What would have been the ideal point for it to have been curbed?
When US companies were still the only game in town. Given that AI progress is now driven by international competition across mutually hostile jurisdictions, there is absolutely no chance of putting the genie back into the bottle anymore.
The same could be said about nuclear weapons right and yet we achieved stability.
The difference is that states don’t benefit from using nuclear weapons, only from having them. But they definitely benefit from using AI.
We kinda didn't. There are undeclared nuclear states on the planet right now.