Tyler Cowen

I disagree. A slowdown would politicize AI development... and could induce a talent drain. [...] The risk is that the delay could be extended indefinitely. (2023) source Unverified

"Let’s send a check to everyone" is an appealing idea, but I've come around to the view that doing so would do more harm than good. [...] It eventually would choke off immigration to the U.S. Voters don't like sending money to immigrants. source Unverified

So when people predict a high degree of existential risk from AGI, I don’t actually think “arguing back” on their chosen terms is the correct response. Radical agnosticism is the correct response, where all specific scenarios are pretty unlikely. Nonetheless I am still for people doing constructive work on the problem of alignment, just as we do with all other technologies, to improve them. I have even funded some of this work through Emergent Ventures. Besides, what kind of civilization is it that turns away from the challenge of dealing with more…intelligence? [...] So we should take the plunge. [...] We should take the plunge. We already have taken the plunge. We designed/tolerated our decentralized society so we could take the plunge. (2023) source Unverified