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Who would be the attendants at your dream summit on AI safety?

Public policy needs to involve decisionmakers. You can't just hand society to the engineers. Imagine your boss and hierarchy being empowered to decide for everyone.

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Who is the James Webb of our times? Let's empower that person to the ultramaxpro.

But who gets to decide who that person is? Back to square one.

That person will naturally impose himself or herself through the strength of their achievements and sheer willpower in such a way that there will be not a shred of doubt in the mind of the public that this individual is worthy of deference and reverence.

No one decided Einstein was the greatest scientist of the 20th century. Einstein did his thing and let the results speak for themselves.

> That person will naturally impose himself or herself through the strength of their achievements and sheer willpower.

This applies to all dictators.

if you cut the second paragraph, this would be decent satire

> who gets to decide who that person is

Lower bar: suggest a candidate.

Okay, sure. How about Greg gdb Brockman, President & Co-Founder of OpenAI. Remember, we're looking for James Webb, not Robert Oppenheimer, and I think his tenure at OpenAI fits the bill.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/thegdb

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