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Should there be just one western AGI project?
closedAI10

I don't think having just one Western AGI project would work. It would fail for the same reasons the Soviet Union collapsed. Planned economies, also known as command economies, can fail for a number of reasons, including inefficient resource distribution, lack of compettion, and inflexible planning. These shortcomings limit innovation and adaptability. The collapse of the Soviet Union is often seen as a failure of the planned economy concept. In the same way, centralizing AGI development in a single project would only stifle innovation and create vulnerabilities that could hinder progress.

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AI Model Registries: A Foundational Tool for AI Governance
closedAI3-1

Isn't this what huggingface is? It already has 1,038,173 models on it as of now.

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How to avoid death by AI.
closedAI10

Isn't this what CCP's been doing all along? In China, individuals vie for higher education and status by regurgitating Xi's communist bullshits all day long, starting from the tender age of 7. It's a system where compliance and repetition are rewarded, not genuine understanding or critical thinking.

Is this what you mean/want?

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1Krantz
Yes, it does share the property of 'being a system that is used to put information into people's heads'. There's one really important distinction. One is centralized (like the dollar) One is decentralized controlled (like Bitcoin) There's quite a bit of math that goes into proving the difference. Where consistency is the primary metric for reward in a centralized system, a decentralize system is more about rewarding the ability to identify novelty / variation from the norm, that later becomes consistent. It would feel more like a predictive market than Khan Academy.  Specifically, it won't be 'teaching you a curriculum'.  You will be exploring, voting on things.  It will do a good job of persuading you of what to go vote on.  It will 'recommend' the thing that will make you the most money to think about. You see, this is where the money that you earn comes from.  If people want something thought about, they can incentivize those propositions.  The religious leaders will want you to learn about their religion, the phone companies will want you to learn about their new phone options.  Your neighbors might want you to watch the news.  Your parents might want you to learn math.  Your wife might want you to know you need to take out the trash.  People pay money to other people to demonstrate they understand things. People will want to put money into this. It's marketing, with an actual receipt.   The great thing is, you get to choose what you read.
OpenAI Boycott Revisit
closedAI*10

But what do you mean by "average people" here? Many feel like AI safety folks are no more than just power hungry parasites with no real capacity to bring any real value to the ongoing AI development. 

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2localdeity
In context, I think "average people" means "the individual consumers paying $20/month to OpenAI".  Who do you mean by "many"?  I doubt that posters at /r/localllama are representative of "average people" by the above definition.