Of course they are not idiots, but I am talking about the pressure to produce results fast without having doomers and skeptics holding them back. A 1,2 or 3 year delay for one party could mean that they loose.
If it would have been publicly known that the Los Alamos team were building a new bomb capable of destroying cities and that they were not sure if the first detonation could lead to an uncontrollable chain reaction destroying earth, don’t you think there would have been quite a lot of debate and a long delay in the Manhattan project?
If the creation of AGI is one of the biggest events on earth since the advent of life, and that those who get it first can (will) be the all-power full masters, why would that not entice people to take bigger risks than they otherwise would have?
Of course they are not idiots, but I am talking about the pressure to produce results fast without having doomers and skeptics holding them back. A 1,2 or 3 year delay for one party could mean that they loose.
If it would have been publicly known that the Los Alamos team were building a new bomb capable of destroying cities and that they were not sure if the first detonation could lead to an uncontrollable chain reaction destroying earth, don’t you think there would have been quite a lot of debate and a long delay in the Manhattan project?
If the creation of AGI is one of the biggest events on earth since the advent of life, and that those who get it first can (will) be the all-power full masters, why would that not entice people to take bigger risks than they otherwise would have?