There are a lot of companies working on AI. Some of the companies are very big, and some are not so big. If one of the smaller companies hires an especially bright guy, has a remarkable breakthrough, then that small company becomes one of the big companies. This could happen more than once, and each time, it crowds the field of the Big Boys who don’t really want serious competition.
But, if the big companies can scare everyone, then they can manipulate the government into making more regulations, require more certifications and safeguards, and make compliance difficult and expensive. The Big Boys can pay any amount of money and stay in the game, no bar will be too high for them to clear. But most of the small upstarts will suffer from higher regulatory costs and won’t be able to keep up.
I think the fear that is being pushed is either from China (who wants to get there first) or from the biggest AI firms in the US who want to establish a small set of almost monopolistic firms who can rule the space with minimal concern for competition.
Overall, I think AI is coming and cannot be stopped. It will either kill us all or it won’t. But I see no serious reason to slow anything down — I just don’t think slowing the development will work. We’re going to get to where we’re going one way or another.
Correct. The big players want a regulated monopoly. And people are falling for this crap. Glad Trump isn’t playing.
“It will either kill us all or it won’t. But I see no serious reason to slow anything down.”
Excuse me, but you just named a very good reason to do so.