It’s already too late to stop the AI arms race—We must manage it instead

An AI Race for Strategic Advantage

“…Although this is not the primary concern of this paper, there are some noteworthy interrelations with the broader race for technological superiority: most significantly, if AI fulfils its promise as a widely-applicable and transformational technology, then general superiority in AI will to a significant degree imply also military superiority. Many aspects of AI progress are likely to have dual-use relevance to both civilian and military applications (for example, advances enabling greater autonomy and a wider range of capabilities in autonomous vehicles) not least given the deep connection between AI research and the defence community (Geist 2016). And if systems approach general intel-Permission to make digital or hard copies of all or part of this work for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that copies bear this notice and the full citation on the first page.…”

Transatlantic partnership on artificial intelligence: realities, perceptions and future implications

“…Despite the fact that arms control seems plausible and the most optimistic choice in the context of AI's military applications, there is no consensus or initiative among states to limit AI's development as in the cyberspace realm. Rather, there has been a tendency in the literature to describe the current state of AI as an "arms race," an extremely misleading description, partly because AI is a broad term that has immense effects on different sectors be it education or healthcare (Barnes & Chin, 2018;Geist, 2016;Roff, 2019;Scharre, 2019;Tomasik, 2013). Therefore, framing AI narratives with "race" rhetoric might overshadow beneficial sides of AI.…”

Safe Artificial General Intelligence via Distributed Ledger Technology

“…The historical record is clear that what appear in retrospect to be great innovative leaps are actually the final step built on stronger antecedents than are assumed in scientific mythology, and in fact a chain of them involving many individuals [51]. Perhaps most pertinent to the advent of AGI is the detonation of the atomic bomb by the U.S. on 16 Two recent examples of rogue programmers are worth noting. A Chinese scientist used geneediting techniques -developed elsewhere and made freely available in the spirit of the free exchange of ideas and technology -to change the genes of human eggs in vitro [54].…”