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AI Race Between US and China Mirrors Prisoner's Dilemma

Posts on X compare the US-China AI competition to a prisoner's dilemma where mutual fear blocks any slowdown.

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7 Sources, 22d ago, first seen 22d ago

TLDR

One post states that AI represents the biggest prisoner's dilemma created, since OpenAI slowing would let Anthropic win and the US slowing would let China win, so no one slows. Other posts question whether the race exists at all and argue the United States must lose for humanity's sake. Additional comments compare the situation to nuclear weapons yet note AI could remove any human in the loop once superintelligence arrives. Visible replies debate preferring an authoritarian regime's victory over certain alternatives and claim participants would burn everything down rather than lose.

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2M

7 Sources, first seen 22d ago

36.3K likes584 comments5.4K saves5.3K reposts

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Summary

Replies criticized the AI race as an arms race with unknown existential risks and authoritarian risks, while a few welcomed a potential Chinese win as preferable.

Based on 30 sentiment-bearing replies from 22 accounts across 2 conversations.

Sentiment

Positive9.1%90.9%Negative

Summary

Replies criticized the AI race as an arms race with unknown existential risks and authoritarian risks, while a few welcomed a potential Chinese win as preferable.

Based on 30 sentiment-bearing replies from 22 accounts across 2 conversations.

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@chelsssseeeeaAI is probably the biggest prisoner’s dilemma we’ve ever created. Everyone knows slowing down might be safer. But if OpenAI slows down and Anthropic doesn’t, OpenAI loses. If the US slows down and China doesn’t, the US loses. So nobody slows down. That’s what makes this so insane. You don’t need some evil person trying to destroy the world. You just need a bunch of people making the rational decision for themselves over and over until collectively we’ve raced somewhere none of us actually wanted to go. It’s a race to zero. Zero cost of intelligence. Zero time between thinking and doing. Maybe eventually zero need for us at all.
@goesonrantsThe AI Race:
@donreborne@chelsssseeeea They would rather burn the world down than “lose.” This is the materialist mindset summed up pretty well
@EducatedMoronClosest thing to this so far were nuclear weapons. But at least with nuclear weapons there is a 'human in the loop' till now and they cannot self-trigger themselves. With AI achieveing superintelligence and autonomy that would be gone. Most unnecessary human invention ever. 🤷‍♂️
@BachmannRudiBut that's the argument by many of the AI people...
@iyefuuOne of the strangest takes I’ve seen a while. You’d rather an authoritarian regime win the AI race than a group of sanctimonious libertarians. Interesting
@KyleTrainEmojiI doubt the "AI race" is in fact real, but if it is, then for the sake of humanity, the United States must absolutely lose.
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    @chelsssseeeeaAI is probably the biggest prisoner’s dilemma we’ve ever created. Everyone knows slowing down might be safer. But if OpenAI slows down and Anthropic doesn’t, OpenAI loses. If the US slows down and China doesn’t, the US loses. So nobody slows down. That’s what makes this so insane. You don’t need some evil person trying to destroy the world. You just need a bunch of people making the rational decision for themselves over and over until collectively we’ve raced somewhere none of us actually wanted to go. It’s a race to zero. Zero cost of intelligence. Zero time between thinking and doing. Maybe eventually zero need for us at all.
    @goesonrantsThe AI Race:
    @donreborne@chelsssseeeea They would rather burn the world down than “lose.” This is the materialist mindset summed up pretty well
    @EducatedMoronClosest thing to this so far were nuclear weapons. But at least with nuclear weapons there is a 'human in the loop' till now and they cannot self-trigger themselves. With AI achieveing superintelligence and autonomy that would be gone. Most unnecessary human invention ever. 🤷‍♂️
    @BachmannRudiBut that's the argument by many of the AI people...
    @iyefuuOne of the strangest takes I’ve seen a while. You’d rather an authoritarian regime win the AI race than a group of sanctimonious libertarians. Interesting
    @KyleTrainEmojiI doubt the "AI race" is in fact real, but if it is, then for the sake of humanity, the United States must absolutely lose.
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