Comment by imtringued
5 hours ago
They have a strong incentive to make themselves look less incompetent retroactively.
If they claim their AI is too powerful to contain, they get to both pretend they are among the best AI labs and that the previous incidents weren't their fault, no, they just proved how good their models were.
It’s both at the same time: a powerful, uniquely dangerous threat
only they can restrain it (with great effort)
Like a circus lion tamer, exaggerating every snarl and flash of teeth, mugging for the crowd about how only he can contain the bloodthirsty beast he bred and trains.
> only they can restrain it (with great effort)
More to the point: we need your help to restrain it, and we'll cooperate with and advise you fully in setting up a framework to restrain the whole industry.
You know that lions actually do maim and kill their handlers all the time right?
It's also a great way to make the government scared of Chinese AI. Get them taken out of the picture so that you don't have to compete!