China's New Strategy for Waging the Microchip Tech War
csis.orgWith respect to AI, senior leaders in China, including Xi himself, believe that leadership in AI is foundational to the future of military, economic, and geopolitical power.
They are correct.
This is so terrifying, stupid and sad. We’re developing AI to kill.
There has never been a more important time to work for peace.
“Peace is not the absence of war It is the absence of the rules of war and The threats of war and the preparation for war Peace is not the absence of war” — Gil Scott-Herron
This song of his is so powerful…
Every major new technology will be used for military, crime, and porn.
AI is no exception to this.
Since laws of nature have no notion of ethics, there can't be inherently ethical technologies. All of them can be equally well used for good and for evil.
If one wants a sword that only cuts if wielded by a righteous hand, one firmly dwells in fantasy (the literary genre).
If one wants ethical use of technology, one has to work on making the actual society norms and mechanisms, while remembering that pacifism does not work.