Lumifer comments on International cooperation vs. AI arms race - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Lumifer 10 December 2013 05:02:47AM 3 points [-]

when the technology is as much of a security threat as AGI, governments would use their power to prohibit private development of it

This assumes that the government recognizes AGI development as a security threat which is not a given.

Comment author: Brian_Tomasik 12 December 2013 05:13:16AM *  0 points [-]

Agreed. It's an interesting question whether we want governments to realize it or not. I lean toward the "yes" side (in general, it seems better when governments understand catastrophic risks), but we should debate the question more before taking action.