The formula for empire

Hao's three-ingredient account of how OpenAI's mission consolidates power

Karen Hao's framework, from Empire of AI, pp. 354 to 433.

Centralise talent
Rally the best people around a grand ambition, as McCarthy did by coining artificial intelligence
Centralise capital and remove roadblocks
Use the mission to justify gathering resources and eliminating regulation, competition and dissent, citing scary rival empires
Keep the mission vague
Leave terms like beneficial and AGI undefined so they can be reinterpreted to direct resources as the centraliser wants

From chapter: Part IV, pp. 354–433

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