Yeah, nuclear power is a better analogy than weapons, but I think the two are linked, and the link itself may be a useful analogy, because risk/coordination is affected by the dual-use nature of some of the technologies.
One thing that makes non-proliferation difficult is that nations legitimately want nuclear facilities because they want to use nuclear power, but ‘rogue states’ that want to acquire nuclear weapons will also claim that this is their only goal. How do we know who really just wants power plants?
And power generation comes with its own risks. Can we trust everyone to take the right precautions, and if not, can we paternalistically restrict some organisations or states that we deem not capable enough to be trusted with the technology?
AI coordination probably has these kinds of problems to an even greater degree.
Yeah, nuclear power is a better analogy than weapons, but I think the two are linked, and the link itself may be a useful analogy, because risk/coordination is affected by the dual-use nature of some of the technologies.
One thing that makes non-proliferation difficult is that nations legitimately want nuclear facilities because they want to use nuclear power, but ‘rogue states’ that want to acquire nuclear weapons will also claim that this is their only goal. How do we know who really just wants power plants?
And power generation comes with its own risks. Can we trust everyone to take the right precautions, and if not, can we paternalistically restrict some organisations or states that we deem not capable enough to be trusted with the technology?
AI coordination probably has these kinds of problems to an even greater degree.