alt Hacker News> They have been warning about AI extinction risk for years, and AI progress has only been accelerating.
So, they're either liars or homicidally reckless.
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Why not both?
> either liars
They're CEOs of tech companies with insane valuations
> or homicidally reckless
They're CEOs of bleeding edge tech companies with huge capital and military applications
>So, they're either liars or homicidally reckless.
Yes!
My guess is its a combination of both. Either way I'm not a fan.
Unfortunately if the frontier labs that care about safety stop or slow down unilaterally, that doesn’t make the problem go away. It makes it worse when labs that do not care at all about safety, or deny that it is even a problem, are leading the way. That’s why there’s needs to be some form of international regulation.
Sean Goedecke has some good insights into where this "build faster to stop other models killing everyone" attitude comes from:
https://www.seangoedecke.com/they-really-do-think-ai-might-k...
It's well worth the read.