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However, as AI approaches at breakneck speed, it’s natural that people are scared.
This fear is understandable, but it’s also causing a reaction based on emotion rather than reason.
It’s time to take a step back, breathe, and think logically about these systems and their place in society.
The popular reaction of knee-jerk regulations may soothe some of our fears, but it could also hinder untold worlds of progress.
We risk the continuation of real horrors while trying to avoid those imagined.
Today’s fear-based regulations may prevent tomorrow’s cure for cancer.
At this juncture, it’s essential to present some ideas that are not considered enough: the ethical case for open-source artificial intelligence.
Many people imagine tight control of AI software is the answer, but information wants to be free.
Empirically, it always finds a way out.
The popular cries for AI safety through tight controls often ignore certain lessons of history and confuse the reality of the present.
We’re not here to indict closed-source companies; they have their place in the drive for human progress.
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