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Mitt Romney says establishing AI safeguards should be the highest and most urgent US national priority

The warning follows Anthropic's call for a global pause.

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Mitt Romney@MittRomney

Our highest and most urgent national priority should be AI safeguards. The risks of AI weapons, pathogens, mass unemployment, surveillance, and even extinction must not continue to be largely ignored.

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Rob Wiblin@robertwiblin

Every day is just a 2010s LessWrong blog post.

Mitt Romney@MittRomney

Our highest and most urgent national priority should be AI safeguards. The risks of AI weapons, pathogens, mass unemployment, surveillance, and even extinction must not continue to be largely ignored.

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Jai@Laneless_

Guy who was correctly telling everyone to take Russian threats seriously before it was cool now telling everyone to take AI threats seriously.

Mitt Romney@MittRomney

Our highest and most urgent national priority should be AI safeguards. The risks of AI weapons, pathogens, mass unemployment, surveillance, and even extinction must not continue to be largely ignored.

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matt heard@mattheard

@peterwildeford why did you include a screenshot of the quote retweet?

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matt heard@mattheard

@peterwildeford good point. thanks for clarifying

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