Paul Graham on why people suspect ulterior motives when AI labs ask for regulation

Graham argued that people look for an ulterior motive behind labs asking to be regulated because they don't grasp that models could be dangerous.

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The reason so many people look for an ulterior motive for the AI labs asking to be regulated is that they don't grasp that models could be dangerous. But if you try assuming models are getting dangerous, or at least unpredictable, everything falls into place.

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