> In summary, we believe that AI has great potential to benefit humanity in many ways, and that the goal of the field should be to do so. Starting a military AI arms race is a bad idea, and should be prevented by a ban on offensive autonomous weapons beyond meaningful human control.
Why only ban offensive autonomous weapons? Why not ban them all? How is offensive different from defensive in this context?
An autonomous ballistic missile defense system would have a lot less impact than an AI that had control of a few missiles. I do agree that there still could be some danger though.
Why only ban offensive autonomous weapons? Why not ban them all? How is offensive different from defensive in this context?