Pluralism is good for reducing power concentration, and maybe for AI safety (as you get more shots on goal)
There are probably some technologies that you really don’t want widely shared though
The question is whether it’s possible to restrict these technologies via regulation and infosecurity, without restricting the number of projects or access to other safe technologies
Note also that it’s not clear what the offence-defence balance will be like. Maybe we will be lucky, and defence-dominant tech will get developed first. Maybe we will get unlucky, and need to restrict offense-dominant tech (either until we develop defensive tech, or permanently). We need to be prepared for both eventualities, but it’s not yet clear how big a problem this will end up being.
I also don’t want that!
I think something more like:
Pluralism is good for reducing power concentration, and maybe for AI safety (as you get more shots on goal)
There are probably some technologies that you really don’t want widely shared though
The question is whether it’s possible to restrict these technologies via regulation and infosecurity, without restricting the number of projects or access to other safe technologies
Note also that it’s not clear what the offence-defence balance will be like. Maybe we will be lucky, and defence-dominant tech will get developed first. Maybe we will get unlucky, and need to restrict offense-dominant tech (either until we develop defensive tech, or permanently). We need to be prepared for both eventualities, but it’s not yet clear how big a problem this will end up being.