I think frankly acknowledging the state of the U.S. is likely to jeopardize AI safety proposals in the short term. If AI 2027 had written the president as less competent or made other value judgements about this administration, this administration could be much less receptive to reason (less than they already are?) and proactively seek to end this movement. I see the movement as trying to be deliberately apolitical.
This is maybe a good short term strategy, but a flawed long-term one. Aligned AI arising in an authoritarian system is not x-risk bad, but is still pretty bad, right?
I think frankly acknowledging the state of the U.S. is likely to jeopardize AI safety proposals in the short term. If AI 2027 had written the president as less competent or made other value judgements about this administration, this administration could be much less receptive to reason (less than they already are?) and proactively seek to end this movement. I see the movement as trying to be deliberately apolitical.
This is maybe a good short term strategy, but a flawed long-term one. Aligned AI arising in an authoritarian system is not x-risk bad, but is still pretty bad, right?