25 years ago I was sitting in band class, watching thousands of my fellow citizens die on live TV. Little did I know that the horrors had only just begun.
TSA agent took the bait today and asked me "what is freedom?"
Taken aback by the vagueness of the question, I responded "that's complicated, but it's the opposite of what we're doing right now."
The threats resulting from AI acceleration are real, but I don't think asking people to slow down is a sufficient solution. Instead, these companies should be spending more of the resources helping the rest of the world catch up and harden their defenses.