Eric Schmidt (ex-Google CEO) warns that AI competition resembles a “Manhattan Project” with nations and labs prioritizing speed over safety.
Sources:
• The Verge (+12)
• TIME (+12)
• Business Insider (+12)
Yoshua Bengio and Hinton add that competitive pressure incentivizes cutting corners on ethics and safeguards.
This “AI arms race” theory shows that haste increases risks of system failures and long-term misalignment.