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Gain of function.

Yes, strong actors will have further access to AI, just as they have to everything else. I believe that on net, scaling properties in this domain are such that proliferation of AI democratizes the world rather than the other way around. The core advantage of strong actors is being able to employ capable (smart) people, after all, and AI diminishes that edge.

> I doubt Jeff Bezos has issues getting his hands on anything really- including the materials needed to make one lab?

Precisely. If he wanted to kill us all with super-Covid, he probably would have pulled it off. Which is my point: it's not the lack of AI that prevents this scenario.




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