I think it’s possible that there’s another purpose to these kinds of statements. When someone says, “We must acknowledge the potential risks and benefits of AGI,” they’re signalling—at least in principle—that they’re aware that there *are* both risks and benefits to AGI.
So its purpose is in some cases as a signal to listeners that the speaker has avoided ideological possession at least long enough to acknowledge the existence of factors on more than one side of an argument.
I think it’s possible that there’s another purpose to these kinds of statements. When someone says, “We must acknowledge the potential risks and benefits of AGI,” they’re signalling—at least in principle—that they’re aware that there *are* both risks and benefits to AGI.
So its purpose is in some cases as a signal to listeners that the speaker has avoided ideological possession at least long enough to acknowledge the existence of factors on more than one side of an argument.