Warning Shots: A Theory

David Scott Krueger argues that society does not need a catastrophic event to trigger government action on artificial intelligence risks. As LessWrong tells it, while some believe a disaster is necessary to create political will, the existential nature of AI threats means leaders will act once they realize their own lives are at stake. Krueger suggests the situation is more comparable to the development of nuclear weapons, where governments recognized the destructive potential before a conflict occurred.

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