Ilya Sutskever
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which they might.
And second, I think there is a lot of value in the best and most powerful AI being out there impacting the world.
I think this is a meaningfully valuable thing.
So I'll make the case for and against.
The case for is that you are... So one of the challenges that people face when they're in the market is that they have to participate in the rat race.
And the rat race is quite difficult in that it exposes you to difficult trade-offs which you need to make.
And it is nice to say we'll insulate ourselves from all this and just focus on the research and come out only when we are ready and not before.
But the counterpoint is valid too.
And those are opposing forces.
The counterpoint is, hey, it is useful for the world to see powerful AI.
It is useful for the world to see powerful AI because that's the only way you can communicate it.
Communicate the AI.
Okay, so let's suppose you read an essay about AI.
And the essay says, AI is going to be this, and AI is going to be that, and it's going to be this.
And you read it and you say, okay, this is an interesting essay.
Now suppose you see an AI doing this, an AI doing that.
It is incomparable.
Like basically, I think that there is a big benefit from AI being in the public.
And that would be a reason for us to not be quite straight shot.
Well, I think on this point, even in the straight shot scenario, you would still do a gradual release of it.