the way you do coordination is by saying you would like X if only everyone else also wanted X. you ease yourself into it, making tiny steps and ceding imperceptibly small pieces of ground until coordination has already been accomplished
Coordination is distinct from options for coordination. Options can be useful even if you believe that the best outcome involves never exercising them. Submarines with nuclear warhead missiles hopefully aren’t there to ease the world into a nuclear armageddon. People who expect good outcomes might say that an AI ban/pause is by default a catastrophe in the sense of opportunity cost, but there could be future circumstances that make it necessary, and so it’s prudent to develop the option.
the way you do coordination is by saying you would like X if only everyone else also wanted X. you ease yourself into it, making tiny steps and ceding imperceptibly small pieces of ground until coordination has already been accomplished
Coordination is distinct from options for coordination. Options can be useful even if you believe that the best outcome involves never exercising them. Submarines with nuclear warhead missiles hopefully aren’t there to ease the world into a nuclear armageddon. People who expect good outcomes might say that an AI ban/pause is by default a catastrophe in the sense of opportunity cost, but there could be future circumstances that make it necessary, and so it’s prudent to develop the option.