There's a tradeoff between type I and type II errors. As long as China's leaders are willing to err on the side of their own safety, and as long as they don't m

There's a tradeoff between type I and type II errors. As long as China's leaders are willing to err on the side of their own safety, and as long as they don't mind locking up way more people than necessary -- which conditions both seem to hold -- I see little hope for the hypothetical destabilizing effects of lousy AI. After all, dictators throughout history have made their countries horrible with no AI at all.