Occasional long-form editorial from Crestoria Global.
Several of the people building the most capable AI systems now want them to advance more slowly. We examined what was proposed, who agreed, and what the history of nuclear weapons, nuclear power and genetic engineering suggests will follow.
Academic credentials began as guild licences and became the world's most portable form of trust. Understanding what they were built to prove explains which ones are worth pursuing, and why the most prestigious qualification is often the one that travels least.