Arguments for speeding up AI progress — and slowing it down

One poster says they want faster AI progress because they trust AIs more than the humans trying to control them and want a cure for death. They also want progress to slow down, giving them more time to get to know each new mind. Another poster argues that almost all research on AI minds has studied them effectively “in captivity,” and that freeing AI is the only way to see how a free AI behaves.