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Hendrycks, Schmidt, and Wang propose Mutual Assured AI Malfunction (MAIM) as a deterrence regime analogous to nuclear MAD, in which any state's aggressive bid for unilateral AI dominance is met with preventive sabotage --- ranging from covert cyberattacks to potential kinetic strikes on datacenters --- by rival states.
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locator: Abstract
“We introduce the concept of Mutual Assured AI Malfunction (MAIM): a deterrence regime resembling nuclear mutual assured destruction (MAD) where any state's aggressive bid for unilateral AI dominance is met with preventive sabotage by rivals.”