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I think it is naive to think the government (US or China most probably) will just let some random company control something so powerful and dangerous.

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I think it is naive to think that artificial super intelligence will be controlled by anyone.

If it is smarter than all humans combined at everything why would any humans collectively control the ai?

All the ants in your backyard still make no decisions vs you

You'd probably listen to those ants if they put you in a harness and had a little ant-sized remote control that could just, you know, turn you off.

Depending how long they wait to press that button, they might be surprised how little happens when they do.

Isn't the U.S. government at least completely asleep at the wheel or captured by the very same "random" companies? I realize the administration got all pissy with Anthropic but it sounds like the gov and gov contractors are still using their models.

Yeah but they still (at least to public knowledge) do not posses anything that could be called AGI. But as these capabilities increase they'll probably get an offer they can't refuse sooner or later.

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