Almost nobody here is seriously proposing we stop AI.
The real questions are:
How fast should we build it?
And who can afford to slow down first?
Everyone may agree an uncontrolled race is dangerous.
But when the prize is global power, nobody wants to lose.
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Something strange has happened in the AI debate.
What started with warnings from AI researchers has quickly reached Silicon Valley CEOs, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris — and China.
We may be watching AI become a political issue in real time.
A thread 🧵
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We worry that one day an AI system could make a decision humans can no longer control.
But maybe we should also worry about what happens BEFORE that:
Humans making the wrong decisions about how quickly those systems should be built.
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