I love fast.ai but this is an incredibly silly argument against regulation.
But if AI turns out to be powerful, the proposal [for regulation] may actually make things worse, by creating a power imbalance so severe that it leads to the destruction of society.
My ears cannot possibly perk up any higher. So severe it leads to the destruction of society? Thanks for the warning, bub. It then goes on to talk about all of the underhanded elements of society that develop their own evil AI models while we sit around lamely hamstrung by things like "laws" and "ethics."
But those with full access to AI models have enormous advantages over those limited to “safe” interfaces.
And those needing full access can simply train their own models from scratch, or exfiltrate existing ones through blackmail, bribery, or theft.
"If we regulate AI only the bad guys will have AI," never heard anything like that before.