Artificial Intelligence Arms Race

Context:
- It can be driven by various motivations such as National Security, Economic Gains, or Technological Leadership.
- It can involve Governmental Bodies, Private Sector Companies, or a collaboration between the two.
- It can raise ethical and governance concerns, such as the responsible use of AI, data privacy, and potential for misuse or unintended consequences.
- It can create a cycle where rapid advancements in one entity push others to accelerate their own AI initiatives, often leading to reduced time for adequate testing, review, and regulation.
- It can manifest in various domains such as Military AI, Healthcare AI, Financial AI, and Consumer AI.
- It can be regulated or influenced by international agreements, though such regulation is challenging due to the fast-paced nature of AI development and deployment.
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Example(s):
- Competitive Autonomous Weapon Development (for autonomous weapons).
- Aggressive Large Language Model Development by a U.S. Military and Chinese Military.
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Counter-Example(s):
- Collaborative international AI research projects aimed at solving global challenges, such as climate change or pandemics.
- An individual or a small team developing AI solutions without competing against other entities.
See: Technological Race, National Security, AI Ethics, AI Governance, AI Policy, AI Cold War, Lethal Autonomous Weapon, Second Cold War.

References

(Wikipedia, 2023) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence_arms_race Retrieved:2023-9-5.
- A military artificial intelligence arms race is an arms race between two or more states to develop and deploy lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS). Since the mid-2010s, many analysts have noted the emergence of such an arms race between global superpowers for better military AI,^[1] ^[2] driven by increasing geopolitical and military tensions. An AI arms race is sometimes placed in the context of an AI Cold War between the US and China.

↑ Geist, Edward Moore (2016-08-15). “It's already too late to stop the AI arms race—We must manage it instead". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. 72 (5): 318–321. Bibcode:2016BuAtS..72e.318G. doi:10.1080/00963402.2016.1216672. ISSN 0096-3402. S2CID 151967826.
↑ Maas, Matthijs M. (2019-02-06). “How viable is international arms control for military artificial intelligence? Three lessons from nuclear weapons". Contemporary Security Policy. 40 (3): 285–311. doi:10.1080/13523260.2019.1576464. ISSN 1352-3260. S2CID 159310223.

(Wikipedia, 2021) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_arms_race Retrieved:2023-9-5.
- The AI arms race is a competition between two or more states to have their military equipped with the best "artificial intelligence" (AI).