Possibilities and Implications of the Multi-AI Competition
Addresses existential risks from superintelligent AI for humanity, presenting a theoretical analysis rather than incremental technical work.
This paper argues that competition among multiple super-AIs is a plausible scenario that would be better for humanity than domination by a single super-AI, based on analysis of best, worst, and intermediate outcomes.
The possibility of super-AIs taking over the world has been intensively studied by numerous scholars. This paper focuses on the multi-AI competition scenario under the premise of super-AIs in power. Firstly, the article points out the defects of existing arguments supporting single-AI domination and presents arguments in favour of multi-AI competition. Then the article concludes that the multi-AI competition situation is a non-negligible possibility. Attention then turns to whether multi-AI competition is better for the overall good of humanity than a situation where a single AI is in power. After analysing the best, worst, and intermediate scenarios, the article concludes that multi-AI competition is better for humanity. Finally, considering the factors related to the formation of the best-case scenario of multiple AIs, the article gives some suggestions for current initiatives in AI development.