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Sam Altman calls for a new world government

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> things we need for a good AGI future: > ... > 3) an effective global regulatory framework including democratic governance

Fantastic, we'll A|B test. Let America stick to its Constitution the control. Have Europe try to wrangle Russia, Turkey, South Sudan, Saudia Arabia, etc. into "democratic governance".

I wonder what Sam feels about a free press and women's rights. Because none of the above countries are exactly big fans.

> Fantastic, we’ll A|B test. Let America stick to its Constitution

Not sure the US Constitution really addresses AGI effectively, or that there are alternative existing frameworks that substantially differ on how they address AGI so as to provide a good A/B test.

Not sure it should address AGI. This is Sam’s idea, not mine.

Or you know, about not having a superiority complex, a huge opressive legal and prison system, a history of slavery softened into seggregation and systemic racism until well into the 20th century and surpassing anything in Europe and close only to South Africa, a habbit of invading and bombing other countries, sanctioned torture, a huge surveillance mechanism, a century old history of wars and meddling with other governments, the only country dropping nuclear bombs, a big user of chemical weapons on other countries, and so on. And we haven't even got into religious nuts and gun fanatics, crime levels, police shootings, and so on.

Because your "good" side doesn't look that good on those fronts either...

I agree with much of what you said. Like I say, A|B test. Maybe we troglodytes will join after the enlightened Europeans, Saudis, Sudanese, Turks and so on shine the torch of global democracy in our direction.

I think the first light will shine when the "A" side on this A|B understands that the others are not inferior, nor is their job to tell them how to live, and not everybody wants to adopt their Constitution, way of life, or culture, or even their governments, and that doesn't make them "troglodytes" or deserving to be mockingly called as "enlightended", nor damsels in distress for the "A" white knight to save.

In other words, when you understand that mocking "Europeans, Saudis, Sudanese, Turks" for their systems, their ways of life, their culture, etc. is no better than mocking blacks.

You’re either woefully uneducated or trolling. If the latter I salute you for assuming you were arguing in good faith.

"woefully uneducated" I think that's the main trait the "A" side is known for globally... aside from arrogance of course.

Sam Altman? Name sounds familiar. Isn't he the guy scamming poor tech illiterate people in 3rd world countries into giving up their biometric data?

"oh you guys didn't form a global government to stop me so i guess you wanted these bad things to happen to you"

Make hay while the sun shines, as they say.

> a new world government

> an effective global regulatory framework including democratic governance

Those are not the same thing.

Currently, we technically don’t even have a “global regulatory framework” for anything.

Is there a single global organization to which all nations belong?

And are they actually effective at being a global regulatory framework?

The defacto current global regulatory framework is pretty much what the US says.

What Altman is saying sounds like it challenges the US government as a regulatory entity.

Sam is out here tweeting about superintelligence. Did he get Blake'd by Sydney?

Misleading post title.

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