Peacekeeping Conditions for an Artificial Intelligence Society

In a human society with emergent technology, the destructive actions of some pose a danger to the survival of all of humankind, increasing the need to maintain peace by overcoming universal conflicts. However, human society has not yet achieved complete global peacekeeping. Fortunately, a new possib...

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Main Author: Hiroshi Yamakawa
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-06-01
Series:Big Data and Cognitive Computing
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2504-2289/3/2/34
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description In a human society with emergent technology, the destructive actions of some pose a danger to the survival of all of humankind, increasing the need to maintain peace by overcoming universal conflicts. However, human society has not yet achieved complete global peacekeeping. Fortunately, a new possibility for peacekeeping among human societies using the appropriate interventions of an advanced system will be available in the near future. To achieve this goal, an artificial intelligence (AI) system must operate continuously and stably (condition 1) and have an intervention method for maintaining peace among human societies based on a common value (condition 2). However, as a premise, it is necessary to have a minimum common value upon which all of human society can agree (condition 3). In this study, an AI system to achieve condition 1 was investigated. This system was designed as a group of distributed intelligent agents (IAs) to ensure robust and rapid operation. Even if common goals are shared among all IAs, each autonomous IA acts on each local value to adapt quickly to each environment that it faces. Thus, conflicts between IAs are inevitable, and this situation sometimes interferes with the achievement of commonly shared goals. Even so, they can maintain peace within their own societies if all the dispersed IAs think that all other IAs aim for socially acceptable goals. However, communication channel problems, comprehension problems, and computational complexity problems are barriers to realization. This problem can be overcome by introducing an appropriate goal-management system in the case of computer-based IAs. Then, an IA society could achieve its goals peacefully, efficiently, and consistently. Therefore, condition 1 will be achievable. In contrast, humans are restricted by their biological nature and tend to interact with others similar to themselves, so the eradication of conflicts is more difficult.
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spelling doaj.art-0ccb323564234921bfc4d7aff9717fb52022-12-21T18:49:31ZengMDPI AGBig Data and Cognitive Computing2504-22892019-06-01323410.3390/bdcc3020034bdcc3020034Peacekeeping Conditions for an Artificial Intelligence SocietyHiroshi Yamakawa0The Whole Brain Architecture Initiative, a Specified Non-Profit Organization, Nishikoiwa 2-19-21, Edogawa-ku, Tokyo 133-0057, JapanIn a human society with emergent technology, the destructive actions of some pose a danger to the survival of all of humankind, increasing the need to maintain peace by overcoming universal conflicts. However, human society has not yet achieved complete global peacekeeping. Fortunately, a new possibility for peacekeeping among human societies using the appropriate interventions of an advanced system will be available in the near future. To achieve this goal, an artificial intelligence (AI) system must operate continuously and stably (condition 1) and have an intervention method for maintaining peace among human societies based on a common value (condition 2). However, as a premise, it is necessary to have a minimum common value upon which all of human society can agree (condition 3). In this study, an AI system to achieve condition 1 was investigated. This system was designed as a group of distributed intelligent agents (IAs) to ensure robust and rapid operation. Even if common goals are shared among all IAs, each autonomous IA acts on each local value to adapt quickly to each environment that it faces. Thus, conflicts between IAs are inevitable, and this situation sometimes interferes with the achievement of commonly shared goals. Even so, they can maintain peace within their own societies if all the dispersed IAs think that all other IAs aim for socially acceptable goals. However, communication channel problems, comprehension problems, and computational complexity problems are barriers to realization. This problem can be overcome by introducing an appropriate goal-management system in the case of computer-based IAs. Then, an IA society could achieve its goals peacefully, efficiently, and consistently. Therefore, condition 1 will be achievable. In contrast, humans are restricted by their biological nature and tend to interact with others similar to themselves, so the eradication of conflicts is more difficult.https://www.mdpi.com/2504-2289/3/2/34autonomous distributed systemconflictexistential riskdistributed goals managementterraformingtechnological singularity
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Peacekeeping Conditions for an Artificial Intelligence Society
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autonomous distributed system
conflict
existential risk
distributed goals management
terraforming
technological singularity
title Peacekeeping Conditions for an Artificial Intelligence Society
title_full Peacekeeping Conditions for an Artificial Intelligence Society
title_fullStr Peacekeeping Conditions for an Artificial Intelligence Society
title_full_unstemmed Peacekeeping Conditions for an Artificial Intelligence Society
title_short Peacekeeping Conditions for an Artificial Intelligence Society
title_sort peacekeeping conditions for an artificial intelligence society
topic autonomous distributed system
conflict
existential risk
distributed goals management
terraforming
technological singularity
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