GPT-3 is very much a narrow AI, but certainly even a fallen AGI system is going to have a mix of competitive and cooperative dynamics. And that's basically inevitable in any system trying to achieve complex goals given limited resources. It can lead either to a pyramidal hierarchical control structure or it can lead to a different sort of hierarchical slash heterarchical dynamic where you have reciprocal accountability among different power centers on multiple scales. But how we get the more broadly favorable sort of hierarchy slash heterarchy as technology advances is not that obvious.
Our special guest for the first episode of the Mindplex Podcast is David Brin, a scientist and science fiction author of more than 35 books over the last 40 years. His PhD in astrophysics from the University of California at San Diego led to his current involvement with NASA's Innovative & Advanced Concepts program - (NIAC).
5. From David: "Okay this one is purely political, trying to get Democrats to try new tactics in phase 8 of the US Civil War: Polemical Judo, by David Brin: http://www.davidbrin.com/polemicaljudo.html