I don't really agree with the argument here but readers should have the opportunity to see it. Sayash Kapoor argues against what is called here "extraordinary government intervention in response to new technology," and specifically, AI. The contrast is with an approach called "resilience", and they are characterized here as one big intervention versus many little interventions. The argument: first, "extraordinary interventions tend to... restrict activity based on anticipated harms rather than realized or demonstrated ones"; second, "extraordinary interventions impose restrictions on the liberty of actors who are not directly responsible for the harm"; and third, "extraordinary interventions bypass normal processes of governance." Against this, posited as the major objection, "investing in resilience requires action and investment by a much wider set of actors than nonproliferation does." I think that's an issue but it's not the only issue.
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