I sure hope it doesn't mean the government will shape the future of AI development how they see fit.
Your comment is a cynical one. The very people qualified to define something like AI safety for the US population is...the US Government. Which is what they're doing. If you don't like some of what they're doing, there's many pathways to making sure your voice is heard, including voting for people who would explicitly support your policy preferences.
Now is the time to start talking about it and taking it seriously though. If we keep avoiding trying to define it then we'll never be qualified to do so.
is the second top level bullet point out of 8 top level bullet points
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Eyes "documents of the FVEY have shown that they are intentionally spying on one another's citizens and sharing the collected information with each other"
> Doesn't threaten the profits of entrenched gigantic megacorps.
> Doesn't threaten the status quo of the megawealthy.
> Doesn't threaten the highly-entrenched people in the government.
AI safety is about making AI "safe" for their pocketbooks.