The world has actually coordinated on some impressive things, e.g. nuclear non-proliferation
Given the success of North Korea, I am both impressed by the world’s coordination on nuclear weapon and depressed that even the impressive coordination is not enough. I feel similarly for the topic the nuclear weapon is metaphor for.
Continuing to think about the metaphor: in terms of existential risk, North Korean nuclear weapon is probably less damaging than United States missile defense, due to reasons related to second strike. It is probable people feel bad about North Korean nuclear weapon because it is normally bad (North Korea is bad so it is bad for North Korea to be powerful), not because it is an existential threat (it increases the probability of the world being destroyed).
Is this analogous to people being against AI because they are “biased”, not because they are dangerous? Or are “we” missing some important crucial considerations like second strike in AI, leading us to worry about North Korean nuclear weapon when we really should worry about United States missile defense?
Given the success of North Korea, I am both impressed by the world’s coordination on nuclear weapon and depressed that even the impressive coordination is not enough. I feel similarly for the topic the nuclear weapon is metaphor for.
Continuing to think about the metaphor: in terms of existential risk, North Korean nuclear weapon is probably less damaging than United States missile defense, due to reasons related to second strike. It is probable people feel bad about North Korean nuclear weapon because it is normally bad (North Korea is bad so it is bad for North Korea to be powerful), not because it is an existential threat (it increases the probability of the world being destroyed).
Is this analogous to people being against AI because they are “biased”, not because they are dangerous? Or are “we” missing some important crucial considerations like second strike in AI, leading us to worry about North Korean nuclear weapon when we really should worry about United States missile defense?
China has treaties obliging it to defend North Korea if it is attacked. Whether it actually would do so is another matter.