Well, it’s clearly not true that violence would not prevent progress. Either you believe AI labs are making progress towards AGI—in which case, every day they’re not working on it, because their servers have been shut down, or more horrifically, because some of their researchers have been incapacitated is a day that progress is not being made—or you think they’re not making progress anyway, so why are you worried?
I strongly disagree with “clearly not true” because there are indirect effects too. It is often the case that indirect effects of violence are much more impactful than direct effects, e.g. compare 9/11 with the resulting wars in Afghanistan & Iraq.
Well, it’s clearly not true that violence would not prevent progress. Either you believe AI labs are making progress towards AGI—in which case, every day they’re not working on it, because their servers have been shut down, or more horrifically, because some of their researchers have been incapacitated is a day that progress is not being made—or you think they’re not making progress anyway, so why are you worried?
I strongly disagree with “clearly not true” because there are indirect effects too. It is often the case that indirect effects of violence are much more impactful than direct effects, e.g. compare 9/11 with the resulting wars in Afghanistan & Iraq.