Extreme Power Concentration: A Map and Research Directions

AI is increasingly capable. Suppose we're lucky and the alignment problem gets solved, so AI reliably does what its operators want. But we’re not done yet: it lends immense power to those controlling it by progressively replacing the need for humans, disempowering many.[1] AI could enable extreme power concentration, producing states unaccountable to their citizenry, and more stable and totalitarian than any previous ones have been.While LessWrongers have somewhat discussed this (e.g. in Gradual...