It’s a simplification certainly. But the metaphor kinda holds up—if you know the precipice is real, the right thing is still to stop and try to explain to others that the precipice is real, maybe using your stopping as a costly signal. Right now the big players can send such a signal, if top researchers say they’ve paused working, no new products are released publicly and so on. And maybe if enough players get on board with this, they can drag the rest along by social pressure, divestment or legislation. The important thing is to start, I just made a post about this.
It’s a simplification certainly. But the metaphor kinda holds up—if you know the precipice is real, the right thing is still to stop and try to explain to others that the precipice is real, maybe using your stopping as a costly signal. Right now the big players can send such a signal, if top researchers say they’ve paused working, no new products are released publicly and so on. And maybe if enough players get on board with this, they can drag the rest along by social pressure, divestment or legislation. The important thing is to start, I just made a post about this.