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That's an extremely fair objection! But despite the many, many flaws of our government and the current administration, I still have (hopefully) a chance to vote them out of power. I have no such hopes with Sam Altman or Elon Musk.

by bigyabai53 minutes ago|

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> and to have democratic control of the development of the technology

Why? I don't care about democratically participating in a closed model's development. It doesn't belong to me.

China will develop whatever they want, a federal stake in OpenAI or Anthropic punishes Americans and shields US labs from legitimate competition.

by dorolow45 minutes ago|

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In my mind, democratic control of the technology means that we (the govt, or other empowered agency) take ownership of their assets and IP, solve or find a level of alignment or guardrails that society is comfortable with. Then we distribute the technology, or access to it, to avoid power concentration. This would also certainly require international coordination with China on a slowdown or pause, which I think is possible.

by pibaker23 minutes ago|

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> This would also certainly require international coordination with China on a slowdown or pause

Personally I think the country with a strictly meritocratic elite selection system that also just outright kills you if you sell weed will have a hard time sympathizing with Bay Area thinkers who talk about AI killing us all during their ayahuasca breakfast before returning to their meth fueled crunch towards releasing the next version of the AI that will kill us all.

by dorolow13 minutes ago|

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You're in luck, neither I nor anyone else want those people near a negotiation table.

by CamperBob237 minutes ago|

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to have democratic control of the development of the technology

Not super interested in what the people who elected Donald Trump POTUS twice think about AI.

(Of course, with Musk and Brockman in the C-suites at two of three major labs, that's what we'll get either way.)

by dorolow34 minutes ago|

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Fair objection, but I still think it is lower risk to diffuse power and control of a potentially dangerous and revolutionary technology than to leave it in the hands of the few elites who have not show much ethical integrity so far.

by howunfortunate28 minutes ago|

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Is Greg Brockman right wing?

by CamperBob226 minutes ago|

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He's the largest single private donor to the Trump 2024 campaign, as I understand it, at $25 million.

by howunfortunate23 minutes ago|

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Interesting, I did not know this.

by nradov45 minutes ago|

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Yikes. Hopefully you never gain any power or influence. The last thing we need is more economic central planning. I sincerely hope that you fail.

by dorolow36 minutes ago|

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Do you think things like the Manhattan Project were a mistake? Comparing AI to nuclear weapons is perhaps a stretch, but I think most people recognize that certain technologies or artifacts are best monopolized by our governing bodies. I think if the capabilities of AI systems keep growing on trend, it is not unreasonable to think wonton usage could disrupt society or cause mass harm.