AI Pause Regs Look Risky

People dislike AI for many reasons, but one extreme fear is that AIs will escape control from those who make, buy, or rent them, and then hurt others. We usually deal with such problems via legal liability, when law is available, or via threats of retaliation, when law is not available. But while those work among communities of comparably powered agents, some fear that out-of-control AIs might eventually get powerful enough and coordinate well enough to basically take over the world, and then enslave or end the rest of us.To prevent this scenario, many want us to now impose strong global regulations on powerful AIs, limiting their powers, who can make or use them, testing to see which ones can or try to escape, and what ends escaped AIs pursue. Some call this regulation a “pause”, as if it were likely that we would soon find reliable solutions, after which regulations could greatly ease. That seems misleading, as we have little reason to think we are close to dramatic gains in our AI…