We really shouldn't be building an "open source" AI in the first place though, and it's going to be illegal to do so soon. The weaponization power will be made clear soon and that will justifiably spook everyone.
Why do you think we should avoid an open source AI?
I use and generally support E2EE and onion routing. E2EE and onion routing aren't inherently existential risks to the continued existence of life on Earth.
The current dystopia is fairly dystopian as it is.
Encryption was illegal not that long ago for the same reasons. Now it's the basis of all the digital economy. If we made it illegal again of the top 10 tech companies by market cap only Nvidia and TSMC would not be outright illegal to operate.
The timid cowardice that's taken over tech will not serve it well in the coming 20 years.
Giving a baby a hand grenade would be more responsible.
How do you make that illegal while still allowing private corporations to build AI? How do you legally define AI without applying it to all kinds of existing applications and without stopping all research on AI? And while staying broad enough that simply using a slightly different technique would still qualify under that definition?
