alt Hacker NewsPeople don't understand the prisoners dilemma, or they think it is some kind of psychological pseudo science trumped up to make fun pop-sci articles for social media.
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bensyverson • today at 3:31 PM
Maybe AI lab CEOs will change their behavior once they read about it /s
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But building AI isn't the same as defecting in the Prisoner's Dilemma because it risks harming the defector too, if there is loss of control.
If we're talking game theory, a better model is the Stag Hunt [1]. At some point the equilibrium strategy is to cooperate.
Another difference is that real life is an iterated game, and the iterated prisoner's dilemma rewards cooperation.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stag_hunt