Bostrom does not purport to be an expert on international relations, but the chapter does correctly reference one of the critical turning-points of the Cold War-the failure of the Soviet Union to accept the Baruch Plan.
The Baruch Plan would have placed all nuclear power and nuclear weapons technology in the hands of a multilateral organization developed as part of The United Nations. The Soviet Union refused because communist nations were out-voted in the UN.
We can chalk this outcome up to the personality of Stalin, but apparently the Soviets did not feel that they were more secure in a world where nuclear technology was governed multilaterally.
Nations could consider revisiting The Baruch Plan again just for the purpose of governing nuclear weapons. From my perspective, however, we also need to consider a multilateral framework to govern AI and AGI technology.
This framework, which would have similarities and difference from The Baruch Plan, could begin as a means to govern the use of drones and autonomous vehicles in conventional warfare. Drones are going to be used by UN peacekeeping mission, and we should get a jump on selecting the rules.
As the framework is tuned and improved, perhaps it can be expanded. However, strengthening of multilateral institutions will be impossible absent a complete understanding of the perceived interests of all relevant parties.
While The Baruch Plan failed, today we may have time to test frameworks more carefully before they are debated by the international community, and we also have some additional intellectual tools.
Political considerations may dictate that a “managed roll-out” of AI technology is necessary, regardless of when these technologies are first discovered. This is as important a sub-topic of this discourse as any other.
Bostrom does not purport to be an expert on international relations, but the chapter does correctly reference one of the critical turning-points of the Cold War-the failure of the Soviet Union to accept the Baruch Plan.
The Baruch Plan would have placed all nuclear power and nuclear weapons technology in the hands of a multilateral organization developed as part of The United Nations. The Soviet Union refused because communist nations were out-voted in the UN.
We can chalk this outcome up to the personality of Stalin, but apparently the Soviets did not feel that they were more secure in a world where nuclear technology was governed multilaterally.
Nations could consider revisiting The Baruch Plan again just for the purpose of governing nuclear weapons. From my perspective, however, we also need to consider a multilateral framework to govern AI and AGI technology.
This framework, which would have similarities and difference from The Baruch Plan, could begin as a means to govern the use of drones and autonomous vehicles in conventional warfare. Drones are going to be used by UN peacekeeping mission, and we should get a jump on selecting the rules.
As the framework is tuned and improved, perhaps it can be expanded. However, strengthening of multilateral institutions will be impossible absent a complete understanding of the perceived interests of all relevant parties.
While The Baruch Plan failed, today we may have time to test frameworks more carefully before they are debated by the international community, and we also have some additional intellectual tools.
Political considerations may dictate that a “managed roll-out” of AI technology is necessary, regardless of when these technologies are first discovered. This is as important a sub-topic of this discourse as any other.