Yes, this is currently a crisis we are in. (At this point in time.)

Everybody remember MAD, mutually assured destruction? That too is a crisis.

We are in a crisis because we are having uncontrolled development and continuous rollout of a dangerous technology.

Well, relatively uncontrolled: the kind of lack of control is part of the crisis -- loss of gross human consensus around the progression of the technology. The corporate angle.

This is a crisis, folks.

That’s assuming nothing else stops them from deploying more capable models. What if they’ve got scaling issues and simply cannot deliver anything better? Saying that would be disastrous, saying instead “we’re choosing not to deliver” doesn’t trigger investors panic.

There's a simpler explanation. Maybe their next models doesn't offer a meaningful improvement.

Instead of releasing something that is incredibly expensive and gets a lackluster reception, you can delay it and clail something scary about rogue agents.

Those assholes have been ramping up on the doomerist narrative for months. That people still fall for this crap is baffling.

are there still financial incentives to releasing mega models?

they cost a lot to run and people are picking smaller models more often because of bill blowouts

> the models are smart enough for broad economic activity and we could spend a few years simply working to integrate them into workflows and letting society adjus

this is the real Ai distillation, with Chinese characteristics (their playbook is broad deployment across their economy over having the best model)

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