Coxon and Turner rebut the China-race framing
Coxon calls the expectation of a U.S.-China race the heart of the issue and says a global agreement not to pursue recursive self-improvement is key. Turner says many actions wouldn't slow us down and calls the China dichotomy false, since misaligned AI is everyone's adversary.
Okay, Mr.
Coxon.
Yeah, I can add that to my mind, the core of the whole issue is the expectation of a global race to recursive self-improvement within the next few years, in particular between U.S.
And China.
I think this is like the heart of the issue.
I also think expectation of this race is a motivating factor in leadership of these companies.
Working to head straight for recursive self-improvement.
And I think some sort of agreement globally about not entering that state of affairs is basically the key to the whole situation.
Okay.
And Mr.
Turner?
First of all, I would state that there are many actions we can take which would not slow us down in any potential race.
These transparency mechanisms, independent evaluation, reporting requirements, whistleblower protections.
But second, I think there's often
It's at least a false dichotomy because China is not our only potential adversary.
With a reasonably high chance, we are racing to build and grow our own adversary here at home, which is misaligned AI.
Misaligned AI is everyone's adversary, including...
Our own and one day maybe more powerful than China.
So we cannot beat China by racing to build AI that we don't, we control or understand because it might end up being our adversary itself.
If I may actually add.
Yeah.