David E. Sanger and Dustin Volz in NYT: ‘The mismatch is striking. On one side, warnings of existential risk, maybe a 10 percent chance of the end of civilization. On the other, government paralysis.’ Also: ‘In Palo Alto and Cambridge, computer scientists suggest that Americans stop thinking about A.I. as a mere tool, but akin to an alternative species, one the world will have to live with, for better or worse.’

And: ‘The [Anthropic] report also documented several cases of potential attempts to engineer biological weapons, which is considered among the most serious of existential threats related to A.I. (…) Yet despite the alarm bells, lawmakers are far from agreeing on a way forward to regulate A.I. models or the companies that build them.’

A ten percent chance that the alternative species will win the war within ten years.

Then the government paralysis will come to an end.

(a sf 2333)