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AI companies in race to demonstrate their model most threatening to humanity

441 points · 399 comments · ljewalsh

xbmcuser · 1790600202 · focus · HN ↗
To me, the funniest part is that they pretend reaching superintelligence will somehow fix everything and make them win. But from what I can see, even if they do reach it, then what? What will that actually do? They don't have the manufacturing capacity to even use that intelligence. It will take decades to go from superintelligence to having the manufacturing capacity and the hardware, like robots, needed to make it truly useful. If I were China, as soon as the US reached superintelligence, I'd ban all exports of robots and the raw materials to build them.
1. amelius · 1790601559 · focus · HN ↗
  > If I were China, as soon as the US reached superintelligence, I'd ban all exports of robots and the raw materials to build them.
  Aha, so maybe the AI labs have superintelligence and just don't want China to know? And that's why they are playing these word games now?

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