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ReadMultiplex.com: METR: The New AI Measurement Gatekeepers and the Quiet Path to State Control of AI
For over a decade a small group have planned to become the central authority to “protect you” from AI. It sounds like a bad movie script, but understand that when you read this, all of this is taking place. So let's break down the mechanics of the public script, because once you see the pattern, I swear you cannot unsee it. It's everywhere once you look not with conspiracy but with evidence. Step one. Name an unbounded apocalyptic catastrophe. Step two. Attach a very short, very terrifying countdown clock to it. Step three, demand centralized political permission to build or c...
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Imagine waking up, you grab your phone, and you're just sort of mindlessly scrolling through your feed. Maybe we all do, yeah. Exactly.
And suddenly you see that a highly respected researcher, a guy from one of those powerful tech companies in the world, has just resigned. But not just quietly stepping down. Right.
Not a quiet spending more time with my family post. He drops an absolute bombshell. He claims that the artificial intelligence models being built right now in these secret labs have a greater than 10% chance of just, well, wiping out humanity by the end of the
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