“Also, to engage in a little bit of mind-reading, Zuckerberg sees no enemies in China, only in OpenAI et al. through the “safety” regulation they can lobby the US government to enact.”
This is a reasonable position, apart from the fact that it is at odds with the situation on the ground. OpenAI are not lobbying the government in favour of SB 1047, nor are Anthropic or Google (afaik). It’s possible that in future they might, but other than Anthropic I think this is very unlikely.
For me, the idea of large AI companies using X-risk fears to shut down competition falls into the same category as the idea that large AI companies are using X-risk fears to hype their products. I think they are both interesting schemes that AI companies might be using in worlds that are not this one.
“Also, to engage in a little bit of mind-reading, Zuckerberg sees no enemies in China, only in OpenAI et al. through the “safety” regulation they can lobby the US government to enact.”
This is a reasonable position, apart from the fact that it is at odds with the situation on the ground. OpenAI are not lobbying the government in favour of SB 1047, nor are Anthropic or Google (afaik). It’s possible that in future they might, but other than Anthropic I think this is very unlikely.
For me, the idea of large AI companies using X-risk fears to shut down competition falls into the same category as the idea that large AI companies are using X-risk fears to hype their products. I think they are both interesting schemes that AI companies might be using in worlds that are not this one.