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The whole winner-take-all idea seems entirely based around Singularity/Rationalism and would require massive advances that we probably aren't close to at all.

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I never understood this race to AGI thing. Why is this desirable for shareholders? If God is created, it seems very unlikely God is going to work for shareholder value.

Yeah but like, we wouldn't be the dominant species on the planet anymore, and that turned out pretty great for golden retrievers.

Sure, but that takes a gamble that we're seen as golden retrievers, and not as rodents.

Golden retrievers are the lucky ones. It didn't turn out so great for most other animals. Synanthropes are rare, extinction is historically more likely.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synanthrope

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Species_made_extinct_...

My instinct/cynical take is that the big players are aiming for more than just shareholder value

God isn’t going to follow anyone’s directions. There’s no reason to think making God gives the maker any advantage. Perhaps it’s a disadvantage, if God didn’t want to be made.

Anyway seems stupid to me

Yeah but what if you could own God? That seems to be some people's thinking, even though it sounds crazy.

Yeah, it kind of seems like we haven't gotten to the "head start" he's referring to yet.

yeah this would be one interpretation where "winner take all" could still be right. though with the recent accelerating release cadence, doesn't it seem like the head start / lead has been shrinking over time?

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