Let's say we in fact do agree to pause AI research for 6 months as proposed.
It could happen that the world comes together in perfect unison, figures out the regulatory details and then resumes research. It could also not happen. There are no signatures from any of the world's authoritarian countries. I predict that the next 6 months will then be used for quibbling over stupid details without any real progress, climate-change-style. We need regulatory guidance, but I don't see why stopping the research makes these regulations better or easier to make.
which is more likely:
- the world's authoritarian leaders will abide by this decree
- the world's authoritarian leaders will try and exploit the pause for their own gain
Go to work on fixing the fucking regulation rather than wasting time on petty petitions.
It could happen that the world comes together in perfect unison, figures out the regulatory details and then resumes research. It could also not happen. There are no signatures from any of the world's authoritarian countries. I predict that the next 6 months will then be used for quibbling over stupid details without any real progress, climate-change-style. We need regulatory guidance, but I don't see why stopping the research makes these regulations better or easier to make.
which is more likely:
- the world's authoritarian leaders will abide by this decree
- the world's authoritarian leaders will try and exploit the pause for their own gain
Go to work on fixing the fucking regulation rather than wasting time on petty petitions.