Brian_Tomasik comments on International cooperation vs. AI arms race - Less Wrong

15 Post author: Brian_Tomasik 05 December 2013 01:09AM

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Comment author: Brian_Tomasik 05 December 2013 04:18:21AM 4 points [-]

Hmm, it seems like government AI development might be preferable to a Wild West of private groups. At least in a US-China arms race you have just two parties and so have a shot at treaties and iterated-prisoner's-dilemma (IPD) game dynamics. With unregulated private developers, you have a multiplayer prisoner's dilemma, making IPD-type cooperation or other forms of coordination much harder.

Comment author: dspeyer 05 December 2013 08:03:30AM 2 points [-]

True, but governments have some really scary terminal values.

Comment author: hyporational 05 December 2013 12:00:08PM 1 point [-]

What are they, how do you know them, and how certain are you?