It is indeed surprising, because it indicates much more sanity I would otherwise expected.
Terrorism is not effective. The only ultimate result of 9/11 from perspective of bin Laden goals was “Al Qaeda got wiped out of the face of Earth and rival groups have replaced it”. The only result of firebombing datacenter would be “every single personality in AI safety gets branded terrorist, destroying literally any chance to influence relevant policy”.
It is indeed surprising, because it indicates much more sanity I would otherwise expected.
Terrorism is not effective. The only ultimate result of 9/11 from perspective of bin Laden goals was “Al Qaeda got wiped out of the face of Earth and rival groups have replaced it”. The only result of firebombing datacenter would be “every single personality in AI safety gets branded terrorist, destroying literally any chance to influence relevant policy”.