I don’t agree that cooperation necessarily allows you to have a greater competitive advantage. It’s worth seeing why this is true in the case of evolution, as I think it carries over to the AI case. Naively, organisms that cooperate would always enjoy some advantages, since they would never have to fight for resources. However, this naive model ignores the fact that genes are selfish: if there is a way to reap the benefits of cooperation without having to pay the price of giving up resources, then organisms will pursue this strategy instead.
I’m definitely not using the naive model which expects unilateral cooperation to become widespread. Instead when I say “cooperation” I typically have in mind some sort of cooperation that comes with a mechanism for ensuring that it’s mutual or reciprocal. You can see this in the concrete example I gave in this linked post.
I’m definitely not using the naive model which expects unilateral cooperation to become widespread. Instead when I say “cooperation” I typically have in mind some sort of cooperation that comes with a mechanism for ensuring that it’s mutual or reciprocal. You can see this in the concrete example I gave in this linked post.