@tenobrus: NSA 'soft nationalization' of labs is likelier pivotal-act path than Anthropic

3 people · 4 posts · first post Fri 00:53 UTC · latest 2 days ago

Replying to a poll asking whether any group is more likely than Anthropic to execute a net-positive Yudkowskian pivotal act, @tenobrus answers the NSA. He says the most likely path is soft nationalization, with NSA employees commandeering lab infrastructure to do 'something big'. A reply argues such an operation would stay secret, with observers assuming departed employees went to Anthropic.

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1. @tenobrus commentary · Fri 00:53 UTC
   the NSA
   Which group, if any, is more likely to pull of a Yudkowskian pivotal act (one that is net positive for long-term ASI alignment), than Anthropic? open on X
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2. @tenobrus commentary · Fri 01:11 UTC
   tbh i think the most likely path atm is soft nationalization, eg existing NSA employees just directly commandeer and work with existing labs to use their infra to... well. to do something big.
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