“One death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic”, attributed to Stalin. There is possibly an analogue in tort law, where if you kill one person by negligence their dependents will sue you, but if you kill a million people by negligence no-one will date mention it.
see also: “if you owe the bank a thousand dollars, you have a problem; if you owe the bank a billion dollars, the bank has a problem.”
The moment any corporation knows it has the ability to kill millions to billions of people, or disrupt the world economy, with AI, it becomes a global geopolitical superpower, which can also really change how much it cares about complying with national laws.
It’s a bit like the joke about the asteroid mining business model. 1) Develop the ability to de-orbit big chunks of space rock. 2) Demand money. No mining needed.
“One death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic”, attributed to Stalin. There is possibly an analogue in tort law, where if you kill one person by negligence their dependents will sue you, but if you kill a million people by negligence no-one will date mention it.
see also: “if you owe the bank a thousand dollars, you have a problem; if you owe the bank a billion dollars, the bank has a problem.”
The moment any corporation knows it has the ability to kill millions to billions of people, or disrupt the world economy, with AI, it becomes a global geopolitical superpower, which can also really change how much it cares about complying with national laws.
It’s a bit like the joke about the asteroid mining business model. 1) Develop the ability to de-orbit big chunks of space rock. 2) Demand money. No mining needed.