🧩 Philosophy 1d ago · Dante Dam

Nuclear physics of Alex Zhao's comment for "Pacing the Frontier"

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Very recently, the "Pacing the Frontier" petition was published. I want to focus on the comment from Alex Zhao, researcher at OpenAI:My opinion is that while coordination between American labs is feasible and could potentially be straightforward, the much larger and more significant threat is from a geopolitical arms race with China. Much as the Manhattan Project thought they might ignite all of the oxygen in the atmosphere but chose to run a test detonation anyways, I’m afraid that due to futur

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