[geonaut]

Agree progress is rapid, but I was under the impression model training for LLMs was still the preserve of mega-corps, with the support of eg NVDA providing the hardware.

Military may be doing the same behind closed doors of course, but still a large endeavour.

Are you suggesting it is too late for regulation?

[ilaksh]

Who is going to regulate the US and Chinese militaries? The CEO of Palantir just published an open letter calling for a Manhattan Project for superintelligent AI warfare. https://archive.is/KSOv4

What needs to be regulated is the performance of the hardware designs. I have not seen anyone except for myself specifically say this. And no one listens to me. So it seems that society may not figure that out until it's too late.

[geonaut]

Western militaries have justice systems, including courts and prisons. I presume they also follow best practice in lots of domains, despite some legal exemptions. They also clearly have the aim to preserve society in a safe state.

Even if militaries are outside the remit of these new AI orgs, they could still be useful in the civilian world.