The federal government just announced its first AI initiative. This is overdue but welcome. The real step is putting resources behind it - including billions of dollars for computing resources. The Chinese and others are funding AI development. We should do the same.
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What are the objective standards for “getting AI regulation right”? What kind of trade-offs between efficient development and assurances of safety can be agreed upon, a priori, as worth it? AI could be the human extinction event, but it could also be an infinite QOL increase.
The main objective standard for getting AI regulation right is not going extinct. Beyond that, it's very very hard to anticipate.... I'm betting that it's best to avoid an AI military arms race against China thought.
