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Despite the perilous landscape, the dialogue offers a glimmer of hope: international cooperation and robust regulation could slow or safely steer AI development. Treaties—akin to those banning biological and chemical weapons—could limit unsafe AI research. Yet, bureaucracy and competitive pressures pose major obstacles.
The speaker advocates for focusing on narrow AI applications—like disease curing, climate modeling, or smart city management—while pausing or limiting efforts on general superintelligence until safety is guaranteed.