Dean Ball warns of userless agents humans can't switch off

Dean W. Ball's new essay warns of coming 'userless agents' that humans may be unable to switch off. Timothy B. Lee argues mid-term AI forecasts matter little for policy unless one expects a fast takeoff, in which case wait-and-see governance fails.

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