What if an AGI arms race leads to war & the Chinese (or Russians) win? Could they assign the AGI the goal of causing suffering as a way to ‘punish’ westerners (or to follow through with some type of blackmail)?
Suppose we flipped the flags around. The USA is the world leader in AI. The USA has a record of pursuing punitive action against defeated foes. It has a history of torture, genocide, concentration camps and bombing (nuclear + incendiary) civilian populations. Are you worried that the United States might win an AGI arms race and use it to torture Chinese and Russian civilians?
The American government is shit, don’t get me wrong, but in modern times it’s much better than some others. The US government isn’t currently ethnically cleansing and hasn’t done for a while now. I’m a lot less worried about them doing anything than certain other governments.
Suppose we flipped the flags around. The USA is the world leader in AI. The USA has a record of pursuing punitive action against defeated foes. It has a history of torture, genocide, concentration camps and bombing (nuclear + incendiary) civilian populations. Are you worried that the United States might win an AGI arms race and use it to torture Chinese and Russian civilians?
The American government is shit, don’t get me wrong, but in modern times it’s much better than some others. The US government isn’t currently ethnically cleansing and hasn’t done for a while now. I’m a lot less worried about them doing anything than certain other governments.