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Both amazing and terrifying. Might be wishful thinking that as a race we do the right thing with these technologies but here is to hoping

Laaas 4y ago
The nation that makes the most use of this will succeed and spread the most. AI is the new nuke. We will likely see a rapid arms race in using AI in weaponry. If you can automate everything, wage a war without suffering human losses, you gain the ability to conquer without worry. If China develops autonomous soldier robots, autonomous warplanes, and decided to pre-emptively attack the US, what do you think would happen? It seems to me as though the US has no choice but to develop this technology, lest they fall behind. I'm not sure there's a realistic chance of avoiding dystopia.
- Teever 4y ago
  If AI is the new nuke what does nonproliferation look like?
  - robcohen 4y ago
    Not an expert here, but I think one of the only reasons that nonproliferation works is because it’s generally difficult to make nukes without making it pretty obvious that you’re doing it. Even biological warfare is somewhat easy to identify. AI seems different in that it just requires intelligent people, compute power, and time.
  - Ancalagon 4y ago
    Nations hoarding EMPs
  - red-iron-pine 4y ago
    What does it look like? Neuromancer's Turing Police
    - jasonladuke0311 4y ago
      Let’s pre-empt that, even: assassinations of non-allied AI researchers?
    - nervousvarun 4y ago
      Right and how did that work out for those 3? Wintermute still found a way.
- orcajerk 4y ago
  AI will be used for population control and censorship. WW1 introduced new inhumane ways to mass murder tens of millions of people. AI in WW3 will be used in the same way - to thin the herd.
- V__ 4y ago
  The US would respond with nukes. Same scenario like today. Maybe someone more knowledgeable can help me out, but I don't see how AI would actually change anything between world powers.
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Laaas 4y ago

The nation that makes the most use of this will succeed and spread the most. AI is the new nuke. We will likely see a rapid arms race in using AI in weaponry. If you can automate everything, wage a war without suffering human losses, you gain the ability to conquer without worry. If China develops autonomous soldier robots, autonomous warplanes, and decided to pre-emptively attack the US, what do you think would happen? It seems to me as though the US has no choice but to develop this technology, lest they fall behind. I'm not sure there's a realistic chance of avoiding dystopia.

Teever 4y ago
If AI is the new nuke what does nonproliferation look like?
- robcohen 4y ago
  Not an expert here, but I think one of the only reasons that nonproliferation works is because it’s generally difficult to make nukes without making it pretty obvious that you’re doing it. Even biological warfare is somewhat easy to identify. AI seems different in that it just requires intelligent people, compute power, and time.
- Ancalagon 4y ago
  Nations hoarding EMPs
- red-iron-pine 4y ago
  What does it look like? Neuromancer's Turing Police
  - jasonladuke0311 4y ago
    Let’s pre-empt that, even: assassinations of non-allied AI researchers?
  - nervousvarun 4y ago
    Right and how did that work out for those 3? Wintermute still found a way.
orcajerk 4y ago
AI will be used for population control and censorship. WW1 introduced new inhumane ways to mass murder tens of millions of people. AI in WW3 will be used in the same way - to thin the herd.
V__ 4y ago
The US would respond with nukes. Same scenario like today. Maybe someone more knowledgeable can help me out, but I don't see how AI would actually change anything between world powers.
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