Greg_Colbourn answers Is it a federal crime in the US to develop AGI that may cause human extinction?

[Greg_Colbourn]

I feel like it should be, under reckless endangerment, or similar; even anti -terror laws under “acts dangerous to human life”. But what is the threshold for judging an activity to be risky or dangerous to human life? How much general and expert consensus does there need to be? (I am not a lawyer.)

[Ofer]

My understanding is that the term “domestic terrorism” as defined in the linked page can only apply to activities that:

appear to be intended—

(i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population;

(ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or

(iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping;

This does not apply to the activity in the hypothetical situation that I’m considering here.

(I am not a lawyer.)

[Greg_Colbourn]

“to influence the policy of a government by intimidation” might fit, given that they may well end up more powerful than governments if they succeed in their mission to build AGI (and they already have a lot of money, power and influence).