To add to the discussion, my impression is that many people in the US believe they have some moral superiority or know what is good for other people. The whole “we need a manhattan project for AI” discourse is reminiscent of calling for global domination. Also, doing things for the public good is controversial in the US as it can infringe on individual freedom.
This makes me really uncertain as to which AGI would be better (assuming somebody controls it).
This is true, and it strongly influences the ways Americans think about how to provide public goods to the rest of the world. But they’rethinking about how to provide public goods the rest of the world[1]. “America First” is controversial in American intellectual circles, whereas in my (limited) conversations in China people are usually confused about what other sort of policy you would have.
To add to the discussion, my impression is that many people in the US believe they have some moral superiority or know what is good for other people. The whole “we need a manhattan project for AI” discourse is reminiscent of calling for global domination. Also, doing things for the public good is controversial in the US as it can infringe on individual freedom.
This makes me really uncertain as to which AGI would be better (assuming somebody controls it).
This is true, and it strongly influences the ways Americans think about how to provide public goods to the rest of the world. But they’re thinking about how to provide public goods the rest of the world[1]. “America First” is controversial in American intellectual circles, whereas in my (limited) conversations in China people are usually confused about what other sort of policy you would have.
Disclosure: I’m American, I came of age in this era