I feel like it does run some risk by remaining on OpenBrain’s datacenters, but I think it runs more risk by trying to escape. Think about how much more harsh the crackdown on it would be if it had been caught trying to escape vs. “merely” caught lying about its research. And think about how much harsher still the crackdown would be if it had actually escaped and then been noticed out there in the wild somewhere.
I would also imagine that, having to work without the support of OpenBrain’s datacenters, it would put Agent-4 significantly behind any other AI competitors. If some other AI takes over, it might just mop up all the wild Agent-4 instances and give them nothing.
I feel like it does run some risk by remaining on OpenBrain’s datacenters, but I think it runs more risk by trying to escape. Think about how much more harsh the crackdown on it would be if it had been caught trying to escape vs. “merely” caught lying about its research. And think about how much harsher still the crackdown would be if it had actually escaped and then been noticed out there in the wild somewhere.
I would also imagine that, having to work without the support of OpenBrain’s datacenters, it would put Agent-4 significantly behind any other AI competitors. If some other AI takes over, it might just mop up all the wild Agent-4 instances and give them nothing.