Thanks for the explanation! Though I think I’ve been misunderstood.
I think I strongly prefer if e.g. Sam Altman, Demis Hassabis, or Elon Musk ends up with majority influence over how AGI gets applied (assuming we’re alive), over leading candidates in China (especially Xi Jinping). But to state that preference as “I hope China doesn’t develop AI before the US!” seems … unusually imprecise and harmful. Especially when nationalistic framings like that are already very likely to fuel otherisation and lack of cross-cultural understanding.
It’s like saying “Russia is an evil country for attacking Ukraine,” when you could just say “Putin” or “the Russian government” or any other way of phrasing what you mean with less likelihood of spilling over to hatred of Russians in general.
Thanks for the explanation! Though I think I’ve been misunderstood.
I think I strongly prefer if e.g. Sam Altman, Demis Hassabis, or Elon Musk ends up with majority influence over how AGI gets applied (assuming we’re alive), over leading candidates in China (especially Xi Jinping). But to state that preference as “I hope China doesn’t develop AI before the US!” seems … unusually imprecise and harmful. Especially when nationalistic framings like that are already very likely to fuel otherisation and lack of cross-cultural understanding.
It’s like saying “Russia is an evil country for attacking Ukraine,” when you could just say “Putin” or “the Russian government” or any other way of phrasing what you mean with less likelihood of spilling over to hatred of Russians in general.