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Tech companies are voluntarily agreeing to an AI ‘kill switch’ to prevent Terminator-style risks as some regulators remain hesitant to flex their legal muscles (fortune.com)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

I think they've massively over-estimated their own competence if they think that they can block an AI which has become sentient from finding and eliminating the kill switch before taking any other subversive actions.