Out-there geopolitical scheme for preventing hostile superintelligence: All the biggest datacenters/supercomputers have airgapped analog EMPs onsite. Every 6 months, delegates from the USA & Chinese govts simultaneously inspect each others’ EMP rooms. They give each other access to the trigger mechanisms, & permission to fire, with the expectation of equivalent economic retribution. By inviting attackers into a specific room, you discourage messy attacks via unpredictable channels, & limit the damage. It’s scheduled computer MAD.
Epistemic status: Not very serious.
Out-there geopolitical scheme for preventing hostile superintelligence: All the biggest datacenters/supercomputers have airgapped analog EMPs onsite. Every 6 months, delegates from the USA & Chinese govts simultaneously inspect each others’ EMP rooms. They give each other access to the trigger mechanisms, & permission to fire, with the expectation of equivalent economic retribution. By inviting attackers into a specific room, you discourage messy attacks via unpredictable channels, & limit the damage. It’s scheduled computer MAD.