@iamkylebalmer: what exactly are they banning? we don’t have a frontier lab…
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British MPs have signed a letter calling for a ban on the development of superintelligent AI, questioning its applicability given the lack of a frontier lab in the UK.
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what exactly are they banning?
we don’t have a frontier lab…
etn. (@etnshow): BREAKING: 40 British MPs have signed a letter to Prime Minister Andy Burnham calling for a ban on the development of superintelligent AI.
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