[landryraccoon]

> This is also true of chemical and biological weapons

I disagree actually. Nuclear weapons render chemical and biological weapons moot, and no major superpower is willing to give up nukes. The United States has no need for chemical and biological weapons because it's keeping it's nukes. I think that AI will present a comparable advantage.

Also, AI does not (yet) create the sense of dread in the popular imagination that nukes did during the cold war. Incinerating an entire city in a few seconds is terrifying on an existential level to any human. Having computers control drones and tanks seems.. almost boringly inevitable, by comparison. I doubt there will be unified political will to prevent it.

Also, I think the international climate has radically changed. Agreements like TPP, which the powers that be supported, were not able to pass. In the era of Trump I highly doubt there is enough global trust for Russia or China to agree not to research militarized AI. Basically I don't see a single major power agreeing not to develop militarized AI in the near future.