Basically this. Trump and the CCP neither believe nor alieve in the possibility of superintelligence; it does not inform their actions the same way that nuclear war and potential assassinations do. It is not clear what would have to happen for that to change.
ETA: Obviously that might change; many people have updated over the last few years. But I mostly don’t understand what caused anyone to update any particular point in time in the past, and it gets more confusing as capabilities continue to increase why exactly the most recent thing was enough but the one before that wasn’t.
Basically this. Trump and the CCP neither believe nor alieve in the possibility of superintelligence; it does not inform their actions the same way that nuclear war and potential assassinations do. It is not clear what would have to happen for that to change.
ETA: Obviously that might change; many people have updated over the last few years. But I mostly don’t understand what caused anyone to update any particular point in time in the past, and it gets more confusing as capabilities continue to increase why exactly the most recent thing was enough but the one before that wasn’t.