Kawoomba 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: Kawoomba 06 December 2013 08:15:51AM 1 point [-]

might not want the idea of AI arms races too widely known

It's a post on LW, not a concerted effort to publicize said ideas in the respective government circles. The quip (if you meant it as such) may appear obvious, but is inapt on a second-order approximation.

Comment author: Brian_Tomasik 06 December 2013 07:20:28PM 7 points [-]

I had two private conversations first to ask whether I should make this post, and the general consensus was that it was net good to share on LW. It seems the upside to making the topic more widely discussed among ourselves exceeds the potential downside.

I should also note that it's not completely obvious if making the idea widely known to governments is net bad -- maybe this would help curb Wild West development scenarios. But we should get careful consensus on a decision like that before moving ahead.