I don’t understand why they would want to build in the US? There’s plenty of places with cheaper labour.

Maybe it’s the myth that people who experienced abuse as kids will themselves become abusers. It’s bullshit. Sure, some do, but the majority just deal with their trauma as best they can and are regular people.

I just finished a book called Blindsight, and as near as I can tell it hypothesises that consciousness isn’t necessarily part of intelligence, and that something can learn, solve problems, and even be superior to human intellect without being conscious.

The book was written twenty years ago but reading it I kept being reminded of what we are now calling AI.

Great book btw, highly recommended.