AI and Abundance Trap - Follow Up to Unconference Preso

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This in follow up to the recent Unconference presentation by Akhil Puri. This is the topic summary.

AI Regulation and Global Cooperation

Akhil presented a warning about the dangers of AI and robotics, highlighting how they could lead to mass enslavement and ecological disaster if not properly regulated. He suggested forming multinational coalitions to debate the future of AI and robotics, and emphasized the need for urgent action to strengthen democracy and build public AI. The discussion touched on topics such as universal basic income, automation, and the potential for authoritarian control by elites. Participants shared their thoughts on the presentation and discussed the importance of creating a positive vision for the future while addressing the risks of AI.

Posting here because there seemed to be an appetite in the session for follow up discussions and organizing opportunities.

@dvdjsph , in case you were not able to view this presentation, the speaker raised many risks and concerns about AI and robotics developments. The proposed remedies were broad-based political coalitions to regulate such risk. It stuck me the implementation mechanism for such coalitions could use some support. I believe the Promise Protocol - Sociocracy stack we have been hacking in the DMs could advance this program quite a bit. Moving the political side of our discussion into this more open forum to allow others to consider the thread and engage with it.

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Part of the problem is getting those who need to comply with decisions to agree to them, which is what this is pointing to. The other part is coming up with the solutions in the first place. I’m curious what everyone has to say on the latter.

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My feeling is many people would welcome broad-based global agreements to regulate AI risk, not to mention other global risks like climate. The problem is how to get from here to there? Current nation-states are not especially supportive of binding global agreements.

Dysfunction at the nation-state level is one of the inspirations behind the sociocracy stack I’ve been hacking lately: Prosocial · rbunge-nsc/recursive-review Wiki · GitHub

Given that the US federal government is currently hostile to my values and the values of my region, state, and community, I found it necessary to theorize a social action model that does not require the blessing of the higher-ups. The wiki is a first hack at establishing such a model.