Thank you for the read. It’s a persuasive argument for slowing the race toward an unknown AI future. But couldn’t similar arguments be made about the runaway program championed by Carl Vinson—the long-time chairman of the Armed Services Committee—who believed the USSR was ahead of the U.S. in development? He strongly backed the Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion (ANP) program, the push for nuclear-powered aircraft in the 1950s. President Kennedy ultimately shut the project down on March 28, 1961, noting that nearly 15 years and about $1 billion had been spent with little prospect of success.
Thank you for the read. It’s a persuasive argument for slowing the race toward an unknown AI future. But couldn’t similar arguments be made about the runaway program championed by Carl Vinson—the long-time chairman of the Armed Services Committee—who believed the USSR was ahead of the U.S. in development? He strongly backed the Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion (ANP) program, the push for nuclear-powered aircraft in the 1950s. President Kennedy ultimately shut the project down on March 28, 1961, noting that nearly 15 years and about $1 billion had been spent with little prospect of success.