Granted this all rests on unsubstantiated rumors and hypotheticals, but in a scenario in which the board said “shut it down this is too risky”, doesn’t the response suggest we’re doomed either way? Either
a) Investors have more say than the board and want money, so board resigns and SA is reinstated to pursue premiere AGI status
b) Board holds firm in decision to oust SA, but all his employees follow him to a new venture and investors follow suit and they’re up and running with no more meaningful checks on their pursuit of godlike AI
After some recent (surprising) updates in favor of “oh maybe people are taking this more seriously than I expected and maybe there’s hope”, this ordeal leads me to update in the opposite direction of “we’re in full speed ahead arms race to AGI and the only thing to stop it will be strong global government interventionist policy that is extremely unlikely”. Not that the latter wasn’t heavily weighted already, but this feels like the nail in the coffin.
Granted this all rests on unsubstantiated rumors and hypotheticals, but in a scenario in which the board said “shut it down this is too risky”, doesn’t the response suggest we’re doomed either way? Either
a) Investors have more say than the board and want money, so board resigns and SA is reinstated to pursue premiere AGI status
b) Board holds firm in decision to oust SA, but all his employees follow him to a new venture and investors follow suit and they’re up and running with no more meaningful checks on their pursuit of godlike AI
After some recent (surprising) updates in favor of “oh maybe people are taking this more seriously than I expected and maybe there’s hope”, this ordeal leads me to update in the opposite direction of “we’re in full speed ahead arms race to AGI and the only thing to stop it will be strong global government interventionist policy that is extremely unlikely”. Not that the latter wasn’t heavily weighted already, but this feels like the nail in the coffin.