The number of distinct locations that humans are active isn’t what impacts the chance of uFAI arising but rather the number of people who are programming things which could potentially do so. How the people are spread out isn’t very relevant if fooming (regardless of the exact definition of foom) is a serious worry.
Different muncipalities have different regulatory regimes and different attitudes. If the US develops a cautious approach to AI, and China has a “build it before the damn Yankees do” approach, that’s significant.
Saying that some locations are better than others is not an argument for reducing the number of locations unless you have reason to believe the current location is better than the average would be, and I see no reason to believe that.
The number of distinct locations that humans are active isn’t what impacts the chance of uFAI arising but rather the number of people who are programming things which could potentially do so. How the people are spread out isn’t very relevant if fooming (regardless of the exact definition of foom) is a serious worry.
Different muncipalities have different regulatory regimes and different attitudes. If the US develops a cautious approach to AI, and China has a “build it before the damn Yankees do” approach, that’s significant.
Saying that some locations are better than others is not an argument for reducing the number of locations unless you have reason to believe the current location is better than the average would be, and I see no reason to believe that.