Artificial Intelligence And Global Security

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The rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) has generated two unregulated AI races: one among a few dominant corporations and another between major superpowers.
Neither the private sector competition nor the international competition is meaningfully regulated, with constraints primarily limited to financial and physical boundaries.
The U.S. government has deferred regulatory responsibility to Congress, lacking its own significant state initiatives.
There is little prospect of achieving an AI arms control agreement between the United States and China.
Growing public concerns about adverse consequences from AI, like unemployment, reflect anticipated risks that may or may not materialize.
Drawing parallels to the late 1950s and early 1960s, when comparable regulatory races involved narcotics and nuclear weapons, the paper advocates for a swift transition to AI arms control to avert unintended negative consequences.
A reduction in the intense race between superpowers could lessen the potential for unlawful and disruptive behavior by leading U.S. companies.

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