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1. chasd00 · 1790595720 · focus · HN ↗

   I’ve never seen CEOs work so hard to make the public aware of how dangerous and out of control their flagship product is. It makes me automatically assume they’re scheming about something else like regulatory capture to protect their market.

   1. hellweaver666 · 1790597785 · focus · HN ↗

      I have a theory... the call to slow down is not because of the true danger of LLM's but because they can't actually deliver the General AI they're promising in the near future. They will use their "caution" to justify their failure to deliver (and then when this excuse is played out they will blame regulation, energy costs or a million other things).

      1. mofeien · 1790599155 · focus · HN ↗

         When, in the past three years, has model progress seemed to decelerate to you, indicating some limit?

         The Statement on AI Extinction Risk is more than three years old, signed by the three CEOs: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;aistatement.com&#x2F;work&#x2F;statement-on-ai-extinction-risk" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;aistatement.com&#x2F;work&#x2F;statement-on-ai-extinction-risk

         They have been warning about AI extinction risk for years, and AI progress has only been accelerating.

         1. palmotea · 1790599421 · focus · HN ↗

            &gt; They have been warning about AI extinction risk for years, and AI progress has only been accelerating.

            So, they&#x27;re either liars or homicidally reckless.

            1. epihelix · 1790607117 · focus · HN ↗

               Sean Goedecke has some good insights into where this &quot;build faster to stop other models killing everyone&quot; attitude comes from:

               <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.seangoedecke.com&#x2F;they-really-do-think-ai-might-kill-everyone&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.seangoedecke.com&#x2F;they-really-do-think-ai-might-k...

               It&#x27;s well worth the read.

               1. palmotea · 1790609165 · focus · HN ↗

                  &gt; Sean Goedecke has some good insights into where this &quot;build faster to stop other models killing everyone&quot; attitude comes from:

                  I&#x27;m familiar with the existential risk thinking.

                  The the flaw in that idea that they can avert disaster by building faster is they&#x27;re likely just racing faster towards more plausible non-extinction disasters. Stuff like Capitalism x AGI totally crushing the economic prospects of nearly all people, AGI-powered totalitarianism, etc.

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