> This bodes very poorly for any nation that falls behind in the AI race. As well as any nation who's best and brightest minds refuse to contribute while their adversaries have no such qualms.
Curious how you think such an arms race avoids complete annihilation of both sides.
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Basically, you have to choose between MAD or asymmetrical destruction. With exponentially improving AI, the situation is more like an inverted pendulum. Any small perturbation (say resources or breakthroughs in AI) would lead to catastrophic asymmetrical advantage for one side.
Curious how you think such an arms race avoids complete annihilation of both sides.