How a cold email got the Finnish government to respond on superintelligence regulation
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SummaryI cold emailed a Finnish MP.
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SummaryI cold emailed a Finnish MP. Four weeks later, the government responded to his written question saying they "seek to constructively promote the creation of international regulation on the development of superintelligent AI" (immediately followed by emphasizing the need to balance safety with innovation). The MP and I met for lunch. For over an hour, he seriously engaged with my arguments that superintelligence would kill everyone and the urgent need for an international agreement to prohi
By Josh Thorsteinson