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Re:Will AI kill us all by smath on Thursday October 08, 2026 @08:21AM (#50004945)
Seems to me like we need to create a credible threat to the AI of mad (mutually assured destruction)? This is what addressed the question during the Cold War of “will nuclear weapons kill all humans” (if historical documentaries and movies are to be believed). Coordination between governments or corporations to limit AI is a hopeless strategy — because it is a classical example of prisoners dilemma / tragedy of the commons. We can see it hasn’t worked for climate change.

Anyone know of this (MAD) is being seriously thought of?

Re:Will AI kill us all by pixl97 on Thursday October 08, 2026 @12:15PM (#50007699)
This only works when the technology is in the hands of a few and cannot be made easily.

Now, this is still mostly true for current SOTA, but we know from biological models that there are huge efficiencies that can be gained.