Rogue AI developers as hostis humani generis: under an international AI treaty, should they be subject to international concurrent jurisdiction?
Explores legal enforcement mechanisms critical for developers working on advanced AI systems subject to international regulation.
AI Summary
Proposes that an international AI treaty should include concurrent jurisdiction allowing cross-border arrests of rogue developers violating superhuman AI bans.
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An international treaty banning superhuman AI will, necessarily, require the arrest of rogue AI developers who violate the treaty. But who should be authorized to conduct these arrests? Should there be some sort of international concurrent jurisdiction, allowing at least some countries to conduct arrests of defectors within other countries’ territory? The default approach - allowing countries to make such arrests only within their own borders - may quickly cause the treaty to fall apart. If nati