I think AI offers a chance of getting huge power over others, so it would create competitive pressure in any case. In case of a market economy it’s market pressure, but in case of countries it would be a military arms race instead. And even if the labs didn’t get any investors and raced secretly, I think they’d still feel under a lot of pressure. The chance of getting huge power is what creates the problem, that’s why I think spreading out power is a good idea. There would still be competition of course, but it would be normal economic levels of competition, and people would have some room to do the right things.
I think AI offers a chance of getting huge power over others, so it would create competitive pressure in any case. In case of a market economy it’s market pressure, but in case of countries it would be a military arms race instead. And even if the labs didn’t get any investors and raced secretly, I think they’d still feel under a lot of pressure. The chance of getting huge power is what creates the problem, that’s why I think spreading out power is a good idea. There would still be competition of course, but it would be normal economic levels of competition, and people would have some room to do the right things.