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It's Time to Investigate the AI Labs

629 points · 277 comments · ibobev

uxcolumbo · 1790629395 · focus · HN ↗
100%. First stealing content from creators and pirating TBs of books. And now this. Baffles my mind that these labs can just get away with their 'rogue' agents trying to hack into other systems.
Imagine if a human did that. FBI would be knocking on their door.
Why are there zero consequences for these labs?
1. andsoitis · 1790629637 · focus · HN ↗
  > Why are there zero consequences for these labs?
  Because they are seen as at the forefront of the next revolution in society and they’re not adversarial towards the US government.
  Bluntly: anticipated net huge positive for the US as a whole.
  1. popalchemist · 1790630328 · focus · HN ↗
    not adversarial in obvious ways
    but they are literally trying to build a superpower that exceeds the impact of the atomic bomb in an extragovernmental manner.
    CamperBob2 · 1790631131 · focus · HN ↗
    Somebody's going to build it. Not building it isn't an option. Would you rather the Chinese built it? The Russians? The Europeans? The Indians? A loose coalition of random hackers on the Internet, like the ones who build Linux?
    esafak · 1790634283 · focus · HN ↗
    Of course it is an option. There is no prize for being the first to cause a disaster.
    jimz · 1790643228 · focus · HN ↗
    The prize is that you're the only person in the room with the expertise in the area when it comes to writing regulations.

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