Why AI Safety Is Hard to Sell: Competitive Dynamics and the Race to the Bottom
Prior reading: Game Theory for AI Safety | The AI Threat Landscape The Core Problem AI safety is short-term costly and long-term valuable. Every actor faces pressure to defect. International Competition If Country A regulates AI development and Country B doesn't, Country B gets capabilities first. The perceived cost of falling behind in AI is existential for national security and economic competitiveness. No country wants to be the one that regulated itself out of the race. ...