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The arms race is an intrinsic game theoretical property of a multi-adversarial-actor scenario involving exponential growth of a universally potent technology. I
by mrshadowgoose 27d ago
The arms race is an intrinsic game theoretical property of a multi-adversarial-actor scenario involving exponential growth of a universally potent technology. It's almost certainly winner-take-all, on a global scale, which behooves everyone to participate.
And no, I don't think it will end well.
- reasonableklout 26d agoThe actors here are states or corporations embedded in societies that risk growing popular backlash against the technology. The other factor is that if it is truly an "alien mind", racing incurs risks to all players. In game-theoretic terms it may be more like a stag hunt than a prisoner's dilemma. In which case cooperation is an equilibrium.
- nradov 26d agoNo previous technological arms race has ever concluded with a single winner.