Re:US and UK refuse to sign AI safety declaration at summit
by enugu on Wednesday February 12, 2025 @07:23AM
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The peace that you refer to, involved a strong restriction placed by more powerful states which restricts nuclear weapons to a few states. This didn't involve any principle, but was an assertion of power. A figleaf of eventual disarmament did not materialize.
I do claim that it is obvious that widespread acquisition of nuclear weapons by smaller states would be a severe degradation of security. Among other things, widespread ownership, would also mean that militant groups would acquire it and dictators would use it as a protection leading to an eventual use of the weapons.
Yes, the danger of AI weapons is nowhere at that level of nuclear weapons yet.
I do claim that it is obvious that widespread acquisition of nuclear weapons by smaller states would be a severe degradation of security. Among other things, widespread ownership, would also mean that militant groups would acquire it and dictators would use it as a protection leading to an eventual use of the weapons.
Yes, the danger of AI weapons is nowhere at that level of nuclear weapons yet.
But, that is the trend.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/25/opinion/karp-palantir-art...
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42938125