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> There is no "we" that can pump the brakes.… The odds of getting a hundred thousand people to agree on anything, let alone with a profit motive involved, are z
by mLuby 4y ago
> There is no "we" that can pump the brakes.… The odds of getting a hundred thousand people to agree on anything, let alone with a profit motive involved, are zero.
Laws and regulation can do exactly that. We could even use AI to write the legislation to outlaw itself.
- brookst 4y agoIn every country? Is this UN action? Otherwise it’s a prisoner’s dilemma and countries that defect get all of the benefits and all of the risk, and countries that cooperate still get all of the risk, just none of the benefits.
- mLuby 4y agoIt's not so black or white. The International Criminal Court is one real-world example. The United States (to its shame, IMO) is not part of the ICC, yet most countries are and the institution is valuable despite not having 100% buy-in around the globe. Also the Prisoner's Dilemma over multiple rounds teaches different lessons than when it's a one-off situation.