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This is obviously bullshit. If he were really worried about the things he says he is, he'd put the brakes on his company, or would never have started it in the first place.

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hes addressed this a multitude of times. he wants to slow down but the chinese will not, therefore you cannot cede the frontier to authoritarians. its a nuclear arms race.

So if someone (actually, practically everyone) who runs an AI company says AI is dangerous, it's bullshit. If someone who is holding NVDA put options says it, they're talking their book. If someone whose job is threatened by AI says it, it's cope. If someone who doesn't use AI says it, it's fear of change. Is there someone in particular you want to hear it from, or are you completely immune to argument?

I actually do believe that AI is dangerous, though for different reasons than the ones he focuses on. But I don't think he really believes it, since if he did, he wouldn't be spending billions to bring it into existence.

> So if someone (actually, practically everyone) who runs an AI company says AI is dangerous, it's bullshit.

My instinct is to take his words as a marketing pitch.

When he says AI is dangerous, it is a roundabout way to say it is powerful and should be taken seriously.

Yes, exactly.

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