Consider this—it’s unthinkable that today’s American soldiers might suddenly decide this evening to follow a tyrannical leader whose goal is to have total power and murder all who oppose. It is not, however, unthinkable at all that the same tyrant, if empowered by an army of combat drones, could successfully launch such an attack without risking a mutiny.
Yes, this is a problem.
As far as I know, no organization, not even MIRI (I checked), is dedicated to preventing the potential political disasters caused by near-term tool AI
This is the sort of thing that machine ethics people spend their time on (although they spend more time on law-of-war issues that arise with existing technology than on internal checks-and-balances).
I absolutely scoured the internet about 6 months ago looking for any mention of checks and balances, democracy, power balances and killing robots, AI soldiers, etc. (I used all the search terms I could think of to do this) and didn’t find them. Is this because they’re miniscule in size, don’t publish much, use special jargon or for some other reason?
Do you know whether any of them are launching significant public education campaigns? (I assume not, based on what I have seen, but I could be wrong.)
I would very much like links to all relevant web pages you know of that talk specifically about the power imbalances caused by using machines for warfare. Please provide at least a few of the best ones if it is not too much to ask.
Thanks for letting me know about this. I have asked others and gotten no leads!
Yes, this is a problem.
This is the sort of thing that machine ethics people spend their time on (although they spend more time on law-of-war issues that arise with existing technology than on internal checks-and-balances).
I absolutely scoured the internet about 6 months ago looking for any mention of checks and balances, democracy, power balances and killing robots, AI soldiers, etc. (I used all the search terms I could think of to do this) and didn’t find them. Is this because they’re miniscule in size, don’t publish much, use special jargon or for some other reason?
Do you know whether any of them are launching significant public education campaigns? (I assume not, based on what I have seen, but I could be wrong.)
I would very much like links to all relevant web pages you know of that talk specifically about the power imbalances caused by using machines for warfare. Please provide at least a few of the best ones if it is not too much to ask.
Thanks for letting me know about this. I have asked others and gotten no leads!