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Dewi Erwan @dewierwan_ · 14h One of my biggest fears in AI safety is that this might be true: > The vulnerable world hypothesis is likely correct. Once enormous amounts of cognitive labor start getting applied to basic science, it will quickly become apparent how many avenues exist to create cheap, ultradestructive weapons technology. Solving this problem without global preventative policing (e.g. AI nonproliferation) is impossible, because hardening civilians against all avenues of attack is too expensive and will take too long. 57 replies · 67 reposts · 964 likes · 180K views Dean W. Ball @deanwball · 5h A very senior AI industry figure once started a conversation by asking me, basically, "under what circumstances do you think we are essentially just screwed?" and I replied with the scenario below. [quoted post] Dewi Erwan @dewierwan_ · 14h One of my biggest fears in AI safety is that this might be true: > The vulnerable world hypothesis is likely correct. Once enormous amounts of cognitive ... [cut off]
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Two stacked X posts: Dewi Erwan quoting a passage on the vulnerable world hypothesis and AI nonproliferation as global preventative policing, then Dean W. Ball quoting it as the scenario he gave a senior AI industry figure for when we are 'essentially just screwed'.
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