Current open source models are not themselves any kind of problem. Their availability accelerates timelines, helps with alignment along the way. If there is no moratorium, this might be net positive. If there is a moratorium, it’s certainly net positive, as it’s the kind of research that the moratorium is buying time for, and it doesn’t shorten timelines because they are guarded by the moratorium.
It’s still irreversible proliferation even when the impact is positive. The main issue is open source as an ideology that unconditionally calls for publishing all the things, and refuses to acknowledge the very unusual situations where not publishing things is better than publishing things.
Current open source models are not themselves any kind of problem. Their availability accelerates timelines, helps with alignment along the way. If there is no moratorium, this might be net positive. If there is a moratorium, it’s certainly net positive, as it’s the kind of research that the moratorium is buying time for, and it doesn’t shorten timelines because they are guarded by the moratorium.
It’s still irreversible proliferation even when the impact is positive. The main issue is open source as an ideology that unconditionally calls for publishing all the things, and refuses to acknowledge the very unusual situations where not publishing things is better than publishing things.