Comment by beachy

> I think they want to be shepherding responsible AGI before someone else does so irresponsibly.

Is this a thing? This would be like Switzerland in WWII doing nuclear weapons research to try and get there before the Nazis.

Would that make any difference whatsoever to the Nazis timeframe? No.

I fail to see how the presence of "ethical" AI researchers would slow down in the slightest the bad actors who are certainly out there.