this isn’t business as usual: they are inherently general and therefore omni-use, they hyper-evolve, they have asymmetric impacts, and, in some respects, they are increasingly autonomous. Their creation is driven by powerful incentives: geopolitical competition, massive financial rewards, and an open, distributed culture of research. Scores of state and non-state actors will race ahead to develop them regardless of efforts to regulate and control what’s coming, taking
