Some level of policing the internet, DNA synthesizers, AGI research programs, and so on is going to be essential. It’s painful to write. As a young twentysomething, I started out from a privacy maximalist position, believing spaces of communication and work completely free from oversight were foundational rights and important parts of healthy democracy. Over the years, though, as the arguments became clearer and the technology more and more developed, I’ve updated that view. It’s just not acceptable to create situations where the threat of catastrophic outcomes is ever present. Intelligence,
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