I agree that establishing a cooperative mindset in the AI / ML community is very important. I’m less sure if economic incentives or government policy are a realistic way to get there. Can you think of a precedent or example for such external incentives in other areas?
Also, collaboration between the researchers that develop AI may be just one piece of the puzzle. You could still get military arms races between nations even if most researchers are collaborative. If there are several AI systems, then we also need to ensure cooperation between these AIs, which isn’t necessarily the same as cooperation between the researchers that build them.
What exactly do you think we need to specify in the Smoking Lesion?