Comment by Alex Zhao

My opinion is that while coordination between American labs is feasible and could potentially be straightforward, the much larger and more significant threat is from a geopolitical arms race with China. Much as the Manhattan Project thought they might ignite all of the oxygen in the atmosphere but chose to run a test detonation anyways, I’m afraid that due to future geopolitical competition, actors will take terribly excessive safety risks in the name of this international arms race. As a result there could be catastrophic side effects from deployment without due safeguards, potentially resulting in the destruction of key infrastructure or the general disempowerment of humanity.