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> AI capability is limited by AI safety in the way the power of a rifle is limited by how safe it is to use

But merely making it safe to use still prevents unnecessary death. And advocacy against rifles in general, or general gun safety is a viable path to limiting the negative outcomes.

Rifles are banned in many places on Earth and they also backfire and misfire less than they used to.

Even so, you can do the simple "call your representative" and "hand out fliers" and "talk to people about how AI is net negative" with no cost to yourself and it absolutely aligns with your fundamental beliefs, right?

This is true. Really what I had in mind was research in AI interpretability.

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