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Pacing the Frontier: A statement from 1,132 employees of frontier AI companies
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www.pacingthefrontier.comPacing the FrontierA statement from over 1000 employees of frontier AI companieswww.pacingthefrontier.comPacing the FrontierA statement from over 1000 employees of frontier AI companiesReplying to @eicker@lemmy.world
»Slow down AI« sounds noble until you ask who actually slows down: Democracies and companies that comply simply hand the advantage to rivals that don’t. History suggests voluntary technological restraint rarely wins against geopolitical competition. The race doesn’t stop: it just changes leaders.
Replying to @eicker@lemmy.world
Ah, yes. We can’t stop because the ‘bad guys’ won’t. God forbid anyone win the technological arms race other than the land of the once free and the now cowed. If another country wins global dominance they might treat the US the way the US has treated the rest of the world, and that would be unthinkable.
Replying to @Abyssian@lemmy.world
It’s not about who deserves to win, it’s about incentives. If one side unilaterally slows development while others don’t, the likely outcome is a shift in technological leadership, not a slower pace overall. Whether that’s the US, China, or anyone else is a separate political question from whether voluntary restraint is an effective strategy.