He seems to believe that AI will be cause major changes in the next 3-5 years and thinks that AI poses âterrifying challenges,â which make me wonder if he is privately sympathetic to the transformative AI hypothesis. If yes, he might also take catastrophic risks from AI quite seriously. While not explicitly mentioned, at the end of his piece, he diplomatically affirms:
The coming policy battles wonât be over whether to be âforâ or âagainstâ AI. It is developing swiftly no matter what. What we can do is take steps to ensure that it leads to more abundant prosperity and safety rather than deprivation and danger. Whether it does one or the other is, at its core, not a technology problem but a social and political problem. And that means itâs up to us.
Even if Buttigieg doesnât win, he will probably find himself on the presidential cabinet and could be quite influential on AI policy. The international response to AI depends a lot on which side wins the 2028 election.
Pete Buttigieg just published a short blogpost called We Are Still Underreacting on AI.
He seems to believe that AI will be cause major changes in the next 3-5 years and thinks that AI poses âterrifying challenges,â which make me wonder if he is privately sympathetic to the transformative AI hypothesis. If yes, he might also take catastrophic risks from AI quite seriously. While not explicitly mentioned, at the end of his piece, he diplomatically affirms:
Even if Buttigieg doesnât win, he will probably find himself on the presidential cabinet and could be quite influential on AI policy. The international response to AI depends a lot on which side wins the 2028 election.