Executive summary: Government regulation of AI is likely to exacerbate the risks of AI misuse and misalignment while limiting the potential benefits, due to governments’ incentives for myopia, military competition, and protecting special interests.
Key points:
AI risks come in two forms: misuse by humans and misalignment of AI systems with human interests.
Governments have poor incentives to mitigate long-term, global risks and strong incentives to use AI for military advantage and domestic control.
Government regulation is likely to preserve the most dangerous misuse risks, potentially exacerbate misalignment risks, and slow down beneficial AI progress.
Even successful AI safety advocacy can be redirected by government incentives, as seen with environmental regulations now hindering decarbonization efforts.
Private incentives for AI development, while imperfect, are better aligned with reducing existential risk than government incentives.
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Executive summary: Government regulation of AI is likely to exacerbate the risks of AI misuse and misalignment while limiting the potential benefits, due to governments’ incentives for myopia, military competition, and protecting special interests.
Key points:
AI risks come in two forms: misuse by humans and misalignment of AI systems with human interests.
Governments have poor incentives to mitigate long-term, global risks and strong incentives to use AI for military advantage and domestic control.
Government regulation is likely to preserve the most dangerous misuse risks, potentially exacerbate misalignment risks, and slow down beneficial AI progress.
Even successful AI safety advocacy can be redirected by government incentives, as seen with environmental regulations now hindering decarbonization efforts.
Private incentives for AI development, while imperfect, are better aligned with reducing existential risk than government incentives.
This comment was auto-generated by the EA Forum Team. Feel free to point out issues with this summary by replying to the comment, and contact us if you have feedback.