<story><title>AI firms mustn’t govern themselves, say ex-members of OpenAI’s board</title><url>https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2024/05/26/ai-firms-mustnt-govern-themselves-say-ex-members-of-openais-board</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ein0p</author><text>Nation state governments are responsible for the vast majority of deaths attributable to violence historically. Willingly entrusting them with a potentially world ending technology that they’re 100% certain to abuse is a moronic idea.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>thrance</author><text>Would it have been better if nuclear weapons had been developed by a private company whose board consisted entirely of lunatics?</text></comment>
<story><title>AI firms mustn’t govern themselves, say ex-members of OpenAI’s board</title><url>https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2024/05/26/ai-firms-mustnt-govern-themselves-say-ex-members-of-openais-board</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ein0p</author><text>Nation state governments are responsible for the vast majority of deaths attributable to violence historically. Willingly entrusting them with a potentially world ending technology that they’re 100% certain to abuse is a moronic idea.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>0xfaded</author><text>That&amp;#x27;s pretty much the idea, that governments have a monopoly on the use of force. The last 80 years have been unusually peaceful by historical standards. My guess is that the crumbling of governments will lead to more human deaths.</text></comment>