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  1. "The immense potential of AIs has created competitive pressures among global players contending for power and influence. This “AI race” is driven by nations and corporations who feel they must rapidly build and deploy AIs to secure their positions and survive."

    From An Overview of Catastrophic AI Risks (Hendrycks2023)

  2. 22.02.01 · Risk Sub-Category

    AI Race (Environmental/Structural)

    Military AI Arms Race

    "The development of AIs for military applications is swiftly paving the way for a new era in military technology, with potential consequences rivaling those of gunpowder and nuclear arms in what has been described as the “third revolution in warfare.”

    From An Overview of Catastrophic AI Risks (Hendrycks2023)

  3. 22.02.02 · Risk Sub-Category

    AI Race (Environmental/Structural)

    Corporate AI Race

    "Although competition between companies can be beneficial, creating more useful products for consumers, there are also pitfalls. First, the benefits of economic activity may be unevenly distributed, incentivizing those who benefit most from it to disregard the harms to others. Second, under intense market competition, businesses tend to focus much more on short-term gains than on long-term outcomes. With this mindset, companies often pursue something that can make a lot of profit in the short term, even if it poses a societal risk in the long term."

    From An Overview of Catastrophic AI Risks (Hendrycks2023)

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