The right moment wouldn’t be now, but shortly before the AI stops being corrigible. Grab it right before the Singularity, update its utility function to make it want what you want; then you win.
Assuming short timelines, this could be in two or three years.
Right now it doesn’t make sense; it is better to let the current owners keep improving their AIs.
Right now it doesn’t make sense; it is better to let the current owners keep improving their AIs.
Only if alignment progress keeps up with or exceeds AI progress, and you thus expect a controllable AI you can take over to do your bidding. But isn’t all the evidence pointing towards AI progress >> alignment progress?
The right moment wouldn’t be now, but shortly before the AI stops being corrigible. Grab it right before the Singularity, update its utility function to make it want what you want; then you win.
Assuming short timelines, this could be in two or three years.
Right now it doesn’t make sense; it is better to let the current owners keep improving their AIs.
Only if alignment progress keeps up with or exceeds AI progress, and you thus expect a controllable AI you can take over to do your bidding. But isn’t all the evidence pointing towards AI progress >> alignment progress?