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AI-Enabled Coups: How a Small Group Could Use AI to Seize Power - Forethoughtwww.forethought.org/research/ai-enabled-coups-how-a-small-group-could-use-ai-to-seize-power
265 sats \ 6 comments \ @Scoresby 15h AI
I did not read this whole article. The title caught my eye and I was curious what they thought, but it turns out the whole thing is predicated on advancements in AI that do not seem to me to be guaranteed.
But beyond that, I don't understand why the such advancements would only be useful to those in power. It's probably true that more powerful tools will magnify the power of those who already have power, but I'd imagine advanced AI systems as they describe in this paper would also be a pretty powerful force for destabilizing authorities.
All in all, I think marvel comics may be a better predictor of the future than the folks who wrote this paper.
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152 sats \ 3 replies \ @optimism 15h
Being skynet beats being dominated by skynet though
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100 sats \ 2 replies \ @Scoresby OP 15h
Yes, is there some kind of scale issue where governments will always have such an advantage with Skynet that the resistance is never able to use it as effectively?
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102 sats \ 1 reply \ @optimism 14h
I'd say the governments have a disadvantage, because they're slow to adapt. Corporate beats government always.
However, let's assume that "agents" become real. All one would need to do is gain access to a GPU farm and run an agent botnet. I'd even go as far to argue that because the current tech is inefficient and expensive, it's more likely that there will be "resistance" that does this. Opportunity/wealth inequality tends to breed activism, and in the modern age, hacktivism.
Move fast & break things mentality, that is broadly adapted throughout the AI industry, will help achieving this for the coming era of activism, by making (a) really poorly designed solutions - basically anything in AI right now - and (b) not paying much attention to actual security.
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202 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 13h
I'd say the governments have a disadvantage, because they're slow to adapt.
Indeed. Market forces are not nearly as effective on governments. This is one of the biggest disadvantages of the state.
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202 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 13h
it turns out the whole thing is predicated on advancements in AI that do not seem to me to be guaranteed.
LOL
All in all, I think marvel comics may be a better predictor of the future than the folks who wrote this paper.
Love it
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @anon 2h
How can AI systems be a force for destabilizing authorities if they remain closed, biased and accesible only via gatekeeped API? Only truly open models (not just open-weights) with open data can have a chance to counterbalance the power dynamics. Yet most training data is concentrated in a few hands.
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