As [AI] models continue to improve, the gap between the capabilities of models that AI companies can train and the capabilities of models that the public can use will widen.
Holding keys to such a model therefore represents a significant power advantage over anyone else who does not hold keys to such a model. Project Glasswing is claimed to be strictly defensive operation, as in companies beefing up cybersecurity for the common good. The reality is that even if you think cybersecurity is a positive-sum game, warfare is not, and having good cybersecurity in a conflict represents a significant advantage over your opponent.
This concerns me immensely. I figured this was going to happen eventually, but essentially this is a measurable manifestation of power shifting towards those with keys to AI and away from those without (Google/Amazon [heavy Anthropic investors] stocks rose by ~5%, cybersecurity company stocks dropped).
— “The policy surrounding Mythos marks an irreversible power shift,” sil on LessWrong
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