Trying to reduce the amount of compute risks increasing hardware overhang once that compute is rebuilt. I think trying to slow down capabilities research (e.g. by getting a job at an AI lab and being obstructive) is probably better.
edit: meh idk. Whether or not this improves things depends on how much compute you can destroy & for how long, ml scaling, politics, etc etc. But the current world of “only big labs with lots of compute budget can achieve SOTA” (arguable, but possibly more true in the future) and less easy stuff to do to get better performance (scaling) both seem good.
Trying to reduce the amount of compute risks increasing hardware overhang once that compute is rebuilt. I think trying to slow down capabilities research (e.g. by getting a job at an AI lab and being obstructive) is probably better.
edit: meh idk. Whether or not this improves things depends on how much compute you can destroy & for how long, ml scaling, politics, etc etc. But the current world of “only big labs with lots of compute budget can achieve SOTA” (arguable, but possibly more true in the future) and less easy stuff to do to get better performance (scaling) both seem good.