Eric Smith
jericsmith.bsky.social
Eric Smith
@jericsmith.bsky.social
Nerd
(8/8) With AGI there will be no centrifuge facilities or uranium depots to bomb to stop programs in their tracks. So what is control even going to mean and how do we work together world-wide to steer AGI development and power?
January 25, 2024 at 4:37 AM
(7/8) There is 60 years of scholarship on the Cold War that we should be examing as we start to consider AGI as an advancement to be protected or controlled. Far more so than nuclear arms, any nation-state/corp that will be able to put for the money and resources will be able to pace the leader.
January 25, 2024 at 4:36 AM
(6/8) Embargoes, sanctions, etc aren’t going to do anything but slow the rate at which other nation-states match whatever comes out of Silicon Valley/DARPA/etc. (assuming the USA ends up being the first to AGI and associated/subsequent advancements).
January 25, 2024 at 4:35 AM
(5/8) We should take the lessons of the Cold War and nuclear proliferation and rethink policy around technology that may be a different type of direct danger to humanity.
January 25, 2024 at 4:35 AM
(4/8) Rather can we shape policy where every nation-state/corp can invest/steal/deal to match whatever tech the USA ends up leading with?
January 25, 2024 at 4:35 AM
(3/8) We need to be thinking about AGI like the A-bomb, but not in the panic way we’re currently thinking about it. Long term is not about the race to beat other nation-states/corp to real AGI, we might win that, but rather what an AGI world looks like long-term.
January 25, 2024 at 4:35 AM
(2/8) As a dumb guy with a history degree (why I ‘m a billionaire) and historically bad timing in the first dot com era (a story for a different day) here’s a HOT TAKE you can laugh or think about:
January 25, 2024 at 4:34 AM
The incredible courage exhibited by the N. Koreans who contributed footage and interviews to the film deserves our attention regardless of any political interpretation.
Many of the subjects risked their own lives and the lives of family left behind to give us a view into the country.
January 21, 2024 at 4:58 AM
One of the report's references is a similarly silly "report" by Election Oversight Group, LLC. Any research into this Texas LLC and you'll find that the primary genius behind the company has a colorful history filming folks in his bathroom. Solid sources. www.dailydot.com/debug/kevin-...
The right has a new election fraud expert—who was once busted for illegally filming people in his ...
Kevin Mocla, who runs the group Election Oversight Group, was once ordered to pay damages for illegally filming in his bathroom.
www.dailydot.com
January 4, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Could be an Apple ad: Airpods with Siri for true handsfree control, it's divine.
December 24, 2023 at 7:28 PM
Pretty much checks out with my experience. We did do duck and cover when I was in elementary school, but I imagine it with my 1st grade teacher having a cigarette hanging from her lip just kinda mumbling the instructions when the drill alarm went off.
December 24, 2023 at 7:20 PM
That burn lit my computer on fire. Jumpin' jeezuz that's just straight up mean.
December 24, 2023 at 7:16 PM
I'm confused.

I was told for years that these things were features of the VERY illegal Obama administration (FEMA camps, declare martial law to end freedumb, deport R's, etc).

What you outline here leads me to ask: Are you trying to say that Trump is a secret Democrat Muslim?
December 23, 2023 at 10:57 PM
OMG I actually remember reading that exact article back in the day. Thanks for including the year and making me feel extra old 🙂
More importantly, thanks for the follow up, holy shit.
December 23, 2023 at 10:45 PM