Comments by "Major Moolah" (@majormoolah5056) on "The AI Power Paradox: Rules for AI's power | Ian Bremmer | Quick Take" video.

  1. There are five nations that still have not put forward a carbon neutral by 2050 plan. It includes places like Haiti and Yemen... and of course the United States of America. There is exactly zero chance that USA will ever regulate its own tech companies or get into a global organisation that would regulate them. Zero chance. Over the last 20 years USA has withdrawn from all nuclear weapons treaties and has indeed expanded on their nuclear arsenal. Obama put over a trillion into expanding and updating that nuclear arsenal. US defence analysts are currently talking about putting tactical nuclear weapons on Navy assets. We also know that US Navy is currently testing automated drones in the Pacific, ones that operate in the sea. Because US military recruiting is in a historic crisis and is missing its recruitment targets by as much as 25%, Pentagon is doubling down on the automated battlefield. They should be able to take human decision out of the kill chain in the 2020s, if they have not already done so. China has more people and ships so they would be willing to regulate AI-based weapons. USA feels it needs something to even the odds and accordingly will pursue every advantage. Besides, look at all the treaties USA is not a part of. Open Skies, International Criminal Court, United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and so on. Why would Washington go into a global regulatory body that would entail power sharing? US strategic culture is totally opposed to international treaties and regulating the private sector. It is nice to have academic discourse, but you would have to change American political culture to get there. And that will not happen. USA wants to rule, not to lead. It is up to the Europeans to lead in ethical AI. Climate change and nuclear weapons are known quantities, yet USA fails to lead again and again. Their inability to regulate US corporations has led to massive oligopolies, especially in the tech sector. That lobbying power is a key reason why US tech regulation has never had any teeth and why it will never grow them.
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