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The AI Race Just Got Awkward

412 points · 463 comments · allisdust

  1. listless · · focus · HN ↗
    I'm beyond thankful that Chinese AI models are so good. I desperately want us to cure the myriad of maladies that humans suffer needlessly with on a daily basis. We're going to need more powerful models than we have now if we're gonna do that and the Chinese are providing the competition needed to push this thing as fast as we can.

    I realize "going as fast as we can" is not the most popular position atm. But I'm far more interested in what good we can do than 10% apocalypse scenarios. I volunteer with a charity for childhood brain cancer and I do not want to see another 4 year old die. I'm willing to risk anything to stop this.

    1. networked · · focus · HN ↗
      Do you mean that you don't believe in the 10% apocalypse scenarios or that you think they're an acceptable risk? Only the latter is really "risk anything".
      1. dgellow · · focus · HN ↗
        I’m pretty sure they meant they believe in the 10% risk of everybody dying but are ok for all of us to take that risk without our consent because they saw a 4year old tragically die. Which sounds completely unhinged, to say the least
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