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The cautious path to strategic advantage: How militaries should plan for AI

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  1. MimicSquid
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    An interesting read, and more optimistic than I would be. The EFF specifically is trying to minimize unpredictable killing machines, but the love affair with land mines didn't really go away just...

    An interesting read, and more optimistic than I would be. The EFF specifically is trying to minimize unpredictable killing machines, but the love affair with land mines didn't really go away just because they were banned. They even specifically say that it would be in the interests of the USA to share reliability and standardization data with Russia to minimize unpredictable autonomous weapons being released, but I can think of far more reasons for the government to appreciate the fear that "the Russians have crazy killing machines!" would put in everyone than I can reasons for them to want a predictable threat.

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  2. NessY
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    Yeah this looks like a pretty clear example of the "we should do ____ that will never actually happen" Telling the military to share all it's secret AI weapons with the rest of the world sounds...

    Yeah this looks like a pretty clear example of the "we should do ____ that will never actually happen"

    Telling the military to share all it's secret AI weapons with the rest of the world sounds like the last thing I would expect to actually happen. With the wave of recent nationalism too, I think we reach dangerous levels of AI ability long before we have the cool heads to wield them responsibly.

    All it takes is one country to get a hold of something and think they can jump into the big leagues with one bold move to unleash the terminator hell army, or the virus that kills the internet.

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      MimicSquid
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      While I agree with you, I think your point is entirely irrelevant to the white paper linked. Do you have anything to say about the article?

      While I agree with you, I think your point is entirely irrelevant to the white paper linked. Do you have anything to say about the article?

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        1. MimicSquid
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          No worries. Thanks for the mea culpa.

          No worries. Thanks for the mea culpa.

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