Working on pause or slowing down AI won’t get you money or prestige, so it selects for people who genuinely care
“The difference between nuclear arms treaties and AI treaties is that it’s so easy to copy AIs, so regulation is hopeless”
AI could solve it all. AI could kill us all (or worse). You can believe both at the same time, and most AI safety folks do.
Did you know that when they discovered the possibility of nuclear winter, people tried to discredit the scientists because they thought it would make them fall behind Russia?