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Rick H's avatar

An even stronger case for global AI regulation & urgency is to consider a broader menu of AI outcomes-

Good Global Governance- with universal affluence, peace & justice.

Bad Global Governance- A single government or group empowered by AI & expanded surveillance powers, with unparalleled hubris risks.

Chaos- multiple AI-enabled nations, hackers, billionaires & cults with new cyber/bio/nano weapons.

Alignment Risks- Ai choosing to ‘reallocate our atoms’ for their more productive use.

Preemptive War- FOMO-induced sabotage &/or espionage, w/ misinformation & escalation.

Preemptive Genocide- an apocalyptic cult or other group may try to control Vulnerable World tech research by releasing a contagious bioweapon.

These are not listed by likelihood, which remains TBD. But GGG requires timely political will & our recent global history is not encouraging.

Bob Wieboldt's avatar

Nonsense! We didn’t need any AI to release Covid upon the world abetted by a corrupt World Health Organization that hid origins. An unelected elite run international body is quite unnecessary. A protocol accepted by responsible nation states w/o bureaucracy would suffice. The answer to roque AI is the existence of multiple ethically soundly trained AI s

Michael Pach's avatar

Ha! Good point Bob, I should have clarified…Bob W. …. Oh, that still doesn’t clarify! …Bob Wieboldt.