I don’t think that people from the natsec version have made that update, since they have been talking this line for a while.
But the dead organization framing matters here.
In short, people think that democratic institutions are not dead (especially electoralism). If AGI is “Democratic”, that live institution, in which they are a stakeholder, will have the power to choose to do fine stuff. (and might generalize to everybody is a stakeholder) Which is + ev, especially for them.
They also expect that China as a live actor will try to kill all other actors if given the chance.
I don’t think that people from the natsec version have made that update, since they have been talking this line for a while.
But the dead organization framing matters here.
In short, people think that democratic institutions are not dead (especially electoralism). If AGI is “Democratic”, that live institution, in which they are a stakeholder, will have the power to choose to do fine stuff. (and might generalize to everybody is a stakeholder) Which is + ev, especially for them.
They also expect that China as a live actor will try to kill all other actors if given the chance.