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> The danger of something like AI+drones (or less imminent, AI+bioengineering) can lead to a severe degradation of security, like after the invention of nuclear

> The danger of something like AI+drones (or less imminent, AI+bioengineering) can lead to a severe degradation of security, like after the invention of nuclear weapons. You don't justify or define "severe degradation of security" just assert it as a fact. The advent of nuclear weapons has meant 75 years of relative peace which is unheard of in human history, so quite the opposite. Given that AI weapons don't exist, then you've just created a straw man.

enugu 2y ago
The peace that you refer to, involved a strong restriction placed by more powerful states which restricts nuclear weapons to a few states. This didn't involve any principle, but was an assertion of power. A figleaf of eventual disarmament did not materialize. I do claim that it is obvious that widespread acquisition of nuclear weapons by smaller states would be a severe degradation of security. Among other things, widespread ownership, would also mean that militant groups would acquire it and dictators would use it as a protection leading to an eventual use of the weapons. Yes, the danger of AI weapons is nowhere at that level of nuclear weapons yet. But, that is the trend. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/25/opinion/karp-palantir-artificial-intelligence.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/25/opinion/karp-palantir-art... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42938125 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42938125