“Data centers can be bombed with conventional munitions,” Stokes writes. (He’s not the first thinker to suggest bombings to stop powerful AI; in 2023, AI critic Eliezer Yudkowsky suggested that countries needed to be ready to “destroy a rogue data center by airstrike.”)
Of course, the China hawk isn’t numb to what such an attack would mean for the world.
“Bombing would cross a major threshold that heretofore has not been crossed in US-China relations,” Stokes continues. “Trying to think through the particulars of that will be especially important, in part because it will help policymakers… start to work backwards based on the unique nature of the technology, in the same way that in a past era, policymakers would learn about nuclear weapons.”
More like “How could they win a fight when they can’t handle someone smaller who punches back”
Well, that’s more than a bit disingenuous to imply the USA has exerted it’s full military might on Iran, not to mention it doesn’t really capture the nuance that Iran’s military is basically the same as China’s: they supplied the armaments to begin with.
Nuance is when you say Iran is China’s peer in terms of military power? Sure thing bud
Nobody is saying that, but I definitely did say Iran’s military can be considered an arm of China’s, and that I mean with full seriousness and genuine belief.
Indeed.
Here’s hoping humiliation will deliver the lessons to the illiterate, as they are unable to understand their own words.
I wasn’t planning to deliver lessons today but since you insist:
“The Same As” does not mean the same thing as “Equivalent To”.
E.G. “Paul is the the same guy as the one in the movie” versus “Paul is practically equivalent to the guy in the movie”.
If you want to insist on reframing what you said, while undermining your larger point, go ahead. But i would like to know what exactly it is you were trying to say by making the comparison.