Okay, but let's be realistic about that last option: do you think we can get a reaction that's stronger and more negative than, say, the reaction to nuclear bombs? Because it's the exact same argument: if we don't have this tech, we're at the mercy of those who do, and you'd need everyone to be on the same page in terms of not pursuing it and—even worse—AI is probably a lot easier to pursue in secret than uranium enrichment and ICBMs.
I think we could get a stronger negative reaction against AI than the reformation caused against the pope. Nukes didn't take anyone's job so they were easy to ignore, whereas AI is becoming ubiquitous and is quickly putting more and more people out of the careers they spent their lives training for.
Stopping AI is at least worth trying for if the alternative is extinction. In the immortal words of Mickey Mouse, "Will you fight? Or will you perish like a dog?"
Okay, but let's be realistic about that last option: do you think we can get a reaction that's stronger and more negative than, say, the reaction to nuclear bombs? Because it's the exact same argument: if we don't have this tech, we're at the mercy of those who do, and you'd need everyone to be on the same page in terms of not pursuing it and—even worse—AI is probably a lot easier to pursue in secret than uranium enrichment and ICBMs.
I think we could get a stronger negative reaction against AI than the reformation caused against the pope. Nukes didn't take anyone's job so they were easy to ignore, whereas AI is becoming ubiquitous and is quickly putting more and more people out of the careers they spent their lives training for.
Stopping AI is at least worth trying for if the alternative is extinction. In the immortal words of Mickey Mouse, "Will you fight? Or will you perish like a dog?"