i can agree that there is a legitimate difference between lawful and unlawful violence in the predictability of their outcomes. however i can't say i'm convinced that it addresses or even acknowledges the deeper concern.
both systems ultimately rely on coercion compliance through the threat of punishment - actors comply because of expected or perceived future punishment. my concern is that coercive systems don't scale so well to something global, existential, and economically incentivised like ai development. unlike nukes, ai has massive commercial incenti... (read more)
i can agree that there is a legitimate difference between lawful and unlawful violence in the predictability of their outcomes. however i can't say i'm convinced that it addresses or even acknowledges the deeper concern.
both systems ultimately rely on coercion compliance through the threat of punishment - actors comply because of expected or perceived future punishment. my concern is that coercive systems don't scale so well to something global, existential, and economically incentivised like ai development. unlike nukes, ai has massive commercial incenti... (read more)