If it is possible to save one life, preventing RSI AGI is an existential threat.
Jimmc414•13m ago
But why are Dario, Sam and Elon who represent "the frontier" more than any other 3 people pretending like they need government permission or intervention to pause? It seems more likely that they see open source distillation as an existential threat to their IPO plans and are playing for regulatory capture of the market.
jonas21•5m ago
It does require government permission. The top labs would be agreeing not to compete on model advancements for a period of time, which would be a pretty clear violation of antitrust law.
denverllc•13m ago
... is what they believe.
mudkipdev•11m ago
I wonder what they saw. GPT-2 has no malware applications. Maybe they were concerned about someone using it for spam?
andy99•8m ago
The public discourse was very different then. Misinformation, bias, etc. Those in power were much more concerned about an LLM saying something unapproved.
uejfiweun•6m ago
I'm starting to think that AI development might be the great filter. There are so many levels of competition at play here and even if an agreement is reached to slow everything down, the incentive is to cheat at that. I really don't think there's much of a chance we have control over the situation, we're just gonna summon these things and all we can do is pray they don't want to kill us.
wmf•6m ago
I still think this was a fire drill. They knew it wasn't dangerous but they wanted the public to do their homework and come to the conclusion themselves.
andy99•29m ago
Signed by Benjio, Musk, Woz, etc