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The dynamics vastly favor China, part of the reason the US sprinting towards "ASI" isn't totally boneheaded is that the US and its industry needs a hail mary play to "win" the game, if they play it safe they lose for sure.

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I'd be fine with a world without AI, honestly. Nobody really wins this race except the very wealthy. And I don't think it's really going to play out the way the wealthy think it will. It's more like a dog catching a car than it is a race.

> It's more like a dog catching a car than it is a race.

What does this mean? I didn't understand the analogy.

A car caught by a dog has no purpose. The activity concludes with no output.

"The dog that caught the car" refers to how dogs sometimes chase cars. Suppose the car stops and the dog catches up - what is it going to do? It has no plan, it has no purpose, it isn't going to bite the car, it isn't going to get anything out of catching the car. The car may even run it over. I intended it basically as "play stupid games, win stupid prizes", or "be careful what you wish for".

My observation is that the dog sniffs all the tires, picks one tire, lifts one leg and does the deed. I don't know if its a way of marking territory or domination. We need a dogatologist to explain what it means.

That was quite the unexpected anticlimactic ending. I’m sure Terry Pratchett would be proud.

We did it reddit!

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