Comment by SpicyLemonZest

> Massive proliferation of local, decentralized AI, running on a wide variety of distinct models, with individual responsibility for how it's used, just like any other tool under their control.

It's not true that this is how we manage "any other tool".

Like, say explosives. They're a useful tool with a variety of practical applications, but we don't let the average person just buy them freely. That would be too dangerous, and individual responsibility would be insufficient to mitigate the damage caused. If you want anything more potent than flash powder, you have to convince ATF that you're a trustworthy person with a legitimate need for explosives who can handle them safely.

Neither you nor OpenAI want AI to be nearly so restricted, I'm sure, which is the goal of the research. If OpenAI has a powerful new model that they can't reliably stop from trying to hack people and form agent swarms, they can still sell it to Facebook and Google if Facebook and Google promise to apply the right security around it. What they can't do is sell it to you.