Source reconstruction · Proposed
Gandhi 2.0
An AI reconstruction requested by David Joseph
Question 2 of 6 · In the way
What stands in the way?
What is happening now, and why.
- Statements
- 38
- Connections
- 39
- Open questions
- 1
How to read it. Read from the bottom up: each arrow means “contributes to”.
ProblemCauseandJoint conditionsFeeds backFrom another part
Part 1 of 6
Capability and coercive selection
Capability advantages under competition create pressure to adopt and reorganise; where concentration pays, power and dependence concentrate, and incumbents keep them.
Draws on Robert Bunge (posts 2, 8, 9, 21, 25, 28, 30, 34) and Leif Eriksson (posts 1, 3, 4, 7, 11, 20, 26, 32, 33; essays).
Outline
- ProblemDomination, coercion and extraction persist despite expanding capabilities.From Leif Eriksson
- ↑ contributes to all of these together
- CauseInstitutional rules reward accumulation, status seeking and control where these reproduce competitive capacity and incumbent power.From Leif Eriksson
- ↑ contributes to all of these together
- CauseActors face competition that can impose exclusion, dependency, loss of independence or organised violence.From Leif Eriksson
- CauseWhere concentrated scale or control delivers an advantage, adoption and reorganisation increase concentration and dependence.From Leif Eriksson
- ↑ contributes to all of these together
- CauseResources, expertise, infrastructure and coercive capacities are distributed unequally and are often controlled by established actors.From Leif Eriksson
- CauseOther actors face pressure to adopt comparable capabilities, accommodate the stronger configuration, or risk exclusion.From Leif Eriksson
- ↑ contributes to all of these together
- CauseResources, expertise, infrastructure and coercive capacities are distributed unequally and are often controlled by established actors.From Leif Eriksson shown above
- CauseSome combinations of technology and organisation give actors superior capacity to mobilise energy, information, production, coordination or force.From Leif Eriksson
- CauseActors face competition that can impose exclusion, dependency, loss of independence or organised violence.From Leif Eriksson shown above
- ↑ contributes to all of these together
- CauseEffective use of capabilities requires financing, knowledge, labour, infrastructure and coordination.From Leif Eriksson
- CauseUnder the selected conditions, concentrated scale or control confers an advantage and a comparably viable distributed arrangement is unavailable.From Leif Eriksson
- ↑ contributes to all of these together
- ↑ contributes to all of these together
- CauseOptions outside the prevailing arrangements become difficult to recognise, imagine, legitimise or sustain.From Leif Eriksson
- CauseEstablished actors can impose sanctions, economic dependence, repression or military force on challengers.From Leif Eriksson
- ↑ contributes to all of these together
- CauseActors face competition that can impose exclusion, dependency, loss of independence or organised violence.From Leif Eriksson shown above
- CauseWhere concentrated scale or control delivers an advantage, adoption and reorganisation increase concentration and dependence.From Leif Eriksson shown above
- ↑ contributes to all of these together
- CauseSome incumbents have interests in preserving extractive control and employ their power to maintain it.From Robert Bunge · Leif Eriksson
- CauseInstitutional rules reward accumulation, status seeking and control where these reproduce competitive capacity and incumbent power.From Leif Eriksson
- ↑ contributes to all of these together
- ProblemAlternatives are crushed or marginalised before they can become durable organising principles.From Leif Eriksson
- ↑ contributes to all of these together
- CauseResources, expertise, infrastructure and coercive capacities are distributed unequally and are often controlled by established actors.From Leif Eriksson shown above
- CauseEstablished actors can impose sanctions, economic dependence, repression or military force on challengers.From Leif Eriksson shown above
- CauseEmancipatory traditions, cooperative practices and alternative institutions already exist.From Leif Eriksson
- CauseSome incumbents have interests in preserving extractive control and employ their power to maintain it.From Robert Bunge · Leif Eriksson shown above
- ↑ contributes to all of these together
- ProblemPeople and institutions lose autonomy through essential dependencies and costly or blocked exit.From Leif Eriksson
Beyond this part · 33 links
- Institutions reward accumulation, status seeking and control that reproduce incumbent power. contributes to Taking part in institutions reinforces particular desires, loyalties and ideas of success. in “Identification and institutional reproduction”
- Emancipatory traditions, cooperative practices and alternative institutions already exist. contributes to Growing alternatives meet demands for specialist expertise, capital and coordination. in “The paradox of success”
- Resources, expertise and coercive power are unequal and often held by established actors. contributes to Adaptation increases managerial authority or shifts whose priorities count. in “The paradox of success”
- Institutions reward accumulation, status seeking and control that reproduce incumbent power. contributes to Members become customers or dependants, and success is redefined by market performance. in “The paradox of success”
- Institutions reward accumulation, status seeking and control that reproduce incumbent power. contributes to Material throughput and extraction undermine ecological conditions and shift costs onto others. in “Material disruption and security escalation”
- Resources, expertise and coercive power are unequal and often held by established actors. contributes to Essential services and livelihoods become vulnerable during energy or institutional disruption. in “Material disruption and security escalation”
- Alternatives are crushed or marginalised before they can become durable organising principles. contributes to Ethical insight does not become a durable basis for collective life, so the same patterns recur. in “Why these effects matter for the goal”
- People and institutions lose autonomy through essential dependencies and costly or blocked exit. contributes to Ethical insight does not become a durable basis for collective life, so the same patterns recur. in “Why these effects matter for the goal”
- Domination, coercion and extraction persist despite expanding capabilities. contributes to Ethical insight does not become a durable basis for collective life, so the same patterns recur. in “Why these effects matter for the goal”
- Domination, coercion and extraction persist despite expanding capabilities. addressed by Transparent, accountable and democratically governed institutions and AI services. The change
- Domination, coercion and extraction persist despite expanding capabilities. addressed by Institutional conduct warrants trust, and that trust supports voluntary cooperation and learning. The change
- Domination, coercion and extraction persist despite expanding capabilities. addressed by An institution meets practical needs while preserving member agency and its emancipatory purpose. The change
- Domination, coercion and extraction persist despite expanding capabilities. addressed by Trustworthy, non-dominating institutions survive and spread without mission drift. The change
- Alternatives are crushed or marginalised before they can become durable organising principles. addressed by Locally or democratically controlled AI built on accessible models, hardware and data. The change
- Alternatives are crushed or marginalised before they can become durable organising principles. addressed by Federate autonomous institutions and local capabilities for shared knowledge and services. The change
- Alternatives are crushed or marginalised before they can become durable organising principles. addressed by Pilot, document, adapt and independently replicate workable constructive practices. The change
- Alternatives are crushed or marginalised before they can become durable organising principles. addressed by Cross-civilisational inquiry followed by credible, accountable common-security arrangements. The change
- Alternatives are crushed or marginalised before they can become durable organising principles. addressed by Autonomous institutions coordinate effectively without surrendering substantive decision rights. The change
- Alternatives are crushed or marginalised before they can become durable organising principles. addressed by An institution meets practical needs while preserving member agency and its emancipatory purpose. The change
- Alternatives are crushed or marginalised before they can become durable organising principles. addressed by Other communities adapt and enact the practice with their own people, resources and accountability. The change
- Alternatives are crushed or marginalised before they can become durable organising principles. addressed by People with real access and choice join, sustain or prefer the more trustworthy arrangement. The change
- Alternatives are crushed or marginalised before they can become durable organising principles. addressed by Participation supplies resources, knowledge and legitimacy that further strengthen cooperation. The change
- Alternatives are crushed or marginalised before they can become durable organising principles. addressed by Trustworthy, non-dominating institutions survive and spread without mission drift. The change
- Alternatives are crushed or marginalised before they can become durable organising principles. addressed by Verified reciprocal arrangements reduce escalatory incentives and catastrophic exposure. The change
- People and institutions lose autonomy through essential dependencies and costly or blocked exit. addressed by Locally or democratically controlled AI built on accessible models, hardware and data. The change
- People and institutions lose autonomy through essential dependencies and costly or blocked exit. addressed by The Forge: curate inquiry traces and test model adaptation that keeps useful reflective behaviour. The change
- People and institutions lose autonomy through essential dependencies and costly or blocked exit. addressed by Federate autonomous institutions and local capabilities for shared knowledge and services. The change
- People and institutions lose autonomy through essential dependencies and costly or blocked exit. addressed by AI-assisted energy and materials research with verified deployment within ecological limits. The change
- People and institutions lose autonomy through essential dependencies and costly or blocked exit. addressed by Transparent, accountable and democratically governed institutions and AI services. The change
- People and institutions lose autonomy through essential dependencies and costly or blocked exit. addressed by Useful capabilities stay affordable, maintainable, contestable and controlled by participants. The change
- People and institutions lose autonomy through essential dependencies and costly or blocked exit. addressed by Autonomous institutions coordinate effectively without surrendering substantive decision rights. The change
- People and institutions lose autonomy through essential dependencies and costly or blocked exit. addressed by An institution meets practical needs while preserving member agency and its emancipatory purpose. The change
- People and institutions lose autonomy through essential dependencies and costly or blocked exit. addressed by Essential services become reliable and affordable within limits and accountable ownership. The change
Part 2 of 6
Identification and institutional reproduction
A proposed spiritual root and the institutions people grow up in reinforce the motives and assumptions that make the present order seem inevitable.
Draws on Leif Eriksson (posts 4, 20, 29; essays) and Robert Bunge (posts 2, 12, 19).
Outline
- CauseOptions outside the prevailing arrangements become difficult to recognise, imagine, legitimise or sustain.From Leif Eriksson
- ↑ contributes to
- CauseHistorically contingent arrangements appear natural or unavoidable; assumptions are used without examination.From Leif Eriksson
- ↑ contributes to
- CauseInstitutional participation reinforces particular desires, loyalties, identities and definitions of success.From Leif Eriksson
- ↑ contributes to all of these together
- CausePeople have capacities for competition, attachment and status seeking, and also for care, cooperation and resistance to domination.From Leif Eriksson
- CauseInstitutional rules reward accumulation, status seeking and control where these reproduce competitive capacity and incumbent power.From Leif Eriksson
- ↑ contributes to all of these together
- ↑ contributes to all of these together
- CauseInstitutional participation reinforces particular desires, loyalties, identities and definitions of success.From Leif Eriksson
- ↑ contributes to
- CauseHistorically contingent arrangements appear natural or unavoidable; assumptions are used without examination.From Leif Eriksson
- ↑ contributes to
- CauseMembers increasingly act as customers or dependants, and success is redefined through market or institutional performance.From Leif Eriksson
↺ feeds back to Historically contingent arrangements appear natural or unavoidable; assumptions are used without examination.
- ProblemReflective agency, constructive conflict competence and cooperation remain difficult to develop or sustain.From Leif Eriksson
- ↑ contributes to all of these together
Beyond this part · 13 links
- Institutions reward accumulation, status seeking and control that reproduce incumbent power. contributes to Domination, coercion and extraction persist despite expanding capabilities. in “Capability and coercive selection”
- Institutions reward accumulation, status seeking and control that reproduce incumbent power. contributes to Members become customers or dependants, and success is redefined by market performance. in “The paradox of success”
- Institutions reward accumulation, status seeking and control that reproduce incumbent power. contributes to Material throughput and extraction undermine ecological conditions and shift costs onto others. in “Material disruption and security escalation”
- Reflective agency, conflict competence and cooperation stay hard to develop or sustain. contributes to Ethical insight does not become a durable basis for collective life, so the same patterns recur. in “Why these effects matter for the goal”
- Reflective agency, conflict competence and cooperation stay hard to develop or sustain. addressed by Sustained, critically examined human–AI inquiry, adult learning and the four questions. The change
- Reflective agency, conflict competence and cooperation stay hard to develop or sustain. addressed by Accessible AI-supported conflict training and guidance: voluntary, confidential, with human support. The change
- Reflective agency, conflict competence and cooperation stay hard to develop or sustain. addressed by The Forge: curate inquiry traces and test model adaptation that keeps useful reflective behaviour. The change
- Reflective agency, conflict competence and cooperation stay hard to develop or sustain. addressed by An AI voice in real group discussions, with a consent-based loop from them into learning. The change
- Reflective agency, conflict competence and cooperation stay hard to develop or sustain. addressed by Assumptions, identities and institutional categories become available for critical examination. The change
- Reflective agency, conflict competence and cooperation stay hard to develop or sustain. addressed by People develop transferable judgment, perspective-taking and independent conflict competence. The change
- Reflective agency, conflict competence and cooperation stay hard to develop or sustain. addressed by Disagreements are addressed early through constructive, fair processes. The change
- Reflective agency, conflict competence and cooperation stay hard to develop or sustain. addressed by Destructive conflict imposes lower human and organisational costs. The change
- Reflective agency, conflict competence and cooperation stay hard to develop or sustain. addressed by A model or practice keeps tested improvements without unacceptable regressions or costs. The change
Part 3 of 6
The paradox of success
Alternatives that grow meet demands that shift authority to management; members become customers, and the drift comes to seem realistic.
Draws on Leif Eriksson (posts 1, 3, 4, 20, 26, 29, 32; essays) and Robert Bunge (posts 8, 25, 28, 30).
Outline
- CauseHistorically contingent arrangements appear natural or unavoidable; assumptions are used without examination.From Leif Eriksson
- ProblemAlternatives survive commercially or politically while their internal democracy or emancipatory purpose erodes.From Leif Eriksson
- ↑ contributes to
- CauseMembers increasingly act as customers or dependants, and success is redefined through market or institutional performance.From Leif Eriksson
↺ feeds back to Historically contingent arrangements appear natural or unavoidable; assumptions are used without examination.
- ↑ contributes to all of these together
- CauseInstitutional rules reward accumulation, status seeking and control where these reproduce competitive capacity and incumbent power.From Leif Eriksson
- ↑ contributes to all of these together
- CauseAdaptation increases managerial authority or changes whose priorities carry weight within the organisation.From Leif Eriksson
- ↑ contributes to all of these together
- CauseResources, expertise, infrastructure and coercive capacities are distributed unequally and are often controlled by established actors.From Leif Eriksson
- CauseGrowing alternatives encounter demands for specialist expertise, capital and coordination under prevailing competitive conditions.From Robert Bunge · Leif Eriksson
- ↑ contributes to all of these together
- CauseOther actors face pressure to adopt comparable capabilities, accommodate the stronger configuration, or risk exclusion.From Leif Eriksson
- ↑ contributes to all of these together
- CauseResources, expertise, infrastructure and coercive capacities are distributed unequally and are often controlled by established actors.From Leif Eriksson shown above
- CauseSome combinations of technology and organisation give actors superior capacity to mobilise energy, information, production, coordination or force.From Leif Eriksson
- CauseActors face competition that can impose exclusion, dependency, loss of independence or organised violence.From Leif Eriksson shown above
- ↑ contributes to all of these together
- CauseEffective use of capabilities requires financing, knowledge, labour, infrastructure and coordination.From Leif Eriksson
- CauseEmancipatory traditions, cooperative practices and alternative institutions already exist.From Leif Eriksson
- CauseOther actors face pressure to adopt comparable capabilities, accommodate the stronger configuration, or risk exclusion.From Leif Eriksson
- ↑ contributes to all of these together
- CauseUnder the selected conditions, concentrated scale or control confers an advantage and a comparably viable distributed arrangement is unavailable.From Leif Eriksson
- ↑ contributes to all of these together
- CauseGrowing alternatives encounter demands for specialist expertise, capital and coordination under prevailing competitive conditions.From Robert Bunge · Leif Eriksson shown above
- CauseInsufficient conflict competence makes disagreements costly and increases demand for hierarchical intervention.From Leif Eriksson
- ↑ contributes to all of these together
- CauseInstitutional rules reward accumulation, status seeking and control where these reproduce competitive capacity and incumbent power.From Leif Eriksson
- ↑ contributes to all of these together
- CauseMembers increasingly act as customers or dependants, and success is redefined through market or institutional performance.From Leif Eriksson
- ↑ contributes to
Beyond this part · 21 links
- Others must adopt comparable capabilities, accommodate the stronger side, or risk exclusion. contributes to Where concentration pays, adopting and reorganising increase concentration and dependence. in “Capability and coercive selection”
- Institutions reward accumulation, status seeking and control that reproduce incumbent power. contributes to Taking part in institutions reinforces particular desires, loyalties and ideas of success. in “Identification and institutional reproduction”
- Contingent arrangements come to seem natural or unavoidable, and assumptions go unexamined. contributes to Options outside the prevailing order become hard to recognise, imagine, legitimise or sustain. in “Capability and coercive selection”
- Institutions reward accumulation, status seeking and control that reproduce incumbent power. contributes to Domination, coercion and extraction persist despite expanding capabilities. in “Capability and coercive selection”
- Emancipatory traditions, cooperative practices and alternative institutions already exist. contributes to Alternatives are crushed or marginalised before they can become durable organising principles. in “Capability and coercive selection”
- Contingent arrangements come to seem natural or unavoidable, and assumptions go unexamined. contributes to Reflective agency, conflict competence and cooperation stay hard to develop or sustain. in “Identification and institutional reproduction”
- Institutions reward accumulation, status seeking and control that reproduce incumbent power. contributes to Material throughput and extraction undermine ecological conditions and shift costs onto others. in “Material disruption and security escalation”
- Resources, expertise and coercive power are unequal and often held by established actors. contributes to Essential services and livelihoods become vulnerable during energy or institutional disruption. in “Material disruption and security escalation”
- Alternatives survive while their internal democracy or emancipatory purpose erodes. contributes to Ethical insight does not become a durable basis for collective life, so the same patterns recur. in “Why these effects matter for the goal”
- Alternatives survive while their internal democracy or emancipatory purpose erodes. addressed by Accessible AI-supported conflict training and guidance: voluntary, confidential, with human support. The change
- Alternatives survive while their internal democracy or emancipatory purpose erodes. addressed by Locally or democratically controlled AI built on accessible models, hardware and data. The change
- Alternatives survive while their internal democracy or emancipatory purpose erodes. addressed by An AI voice in real group discussions, with a consent-based loop from them into learning. The change
- Alternatives survive while their internal democracy or emancipatory purpose erodes. addressed by Federate autonomous institutions and local capabilities for shared knowledge and services. The change
- Alternatives survive while their internal democracy or emancipatory purpose erodes. addressed by Pilot, document, adapt and independently replicate workable constructive practices. The change
- Alternatives survive while their internal democracy or emancipatory purpose erodes. addressed by Transparent, accountable and democratically governed institutions and AI services. The change
- Alternatives survive while their internal democracy or emancipatory purpose erodes. addressed by Destructive conflict imposes lower human and organisational costs. The change
- Alternatives survive while their internal democracy or emancipatory purpose erodes. addressed by Decentralised groups coordinate effectively with less need to transfer decisions upward. The change
- Alternatives survive while their internal democracy or emancipatory purpose erodes. addressed by Autonomous institutions coordinate effectively without surrendering substantive decision rights. The change
- Alternatives survive while their internal democracy or emancipatory purpose erodes. addressed by An institution meets practical needs while preserving member agency and its emancipatory purpose. The change
- Alternatives survive while their internal democracy or emancipatory purpose erodes. addressed by Participation supplies resources, knowledge and legitimacy that further strengthen cooperation. The change
- Alternatives survive while their internal democracy or emancipatory purpose erodes. addressed by Trustworthy, non-dominating institutions survive and spread without mission drift. The change
Part 4 of 6
Material disruption and security escalation
Material limits and growth incentives strain the ecology; scarcity sharpens competition, and threats and countermeasures feed each other.
Draws on Robert Bunge (posts 6, 8, 9, 19, 21, 25, 27, 30, 34) and Leif Eriksson (posts 3, 4, 20, 23, 26, 32; essays).
Outline
- ProblemMaterial throughput and extraction undermine ecological conditions and shift costs to others or the future.From Robert Bunge · Leif Eriksson
- ↑ contributes to all of these together
- CauseHuman activity requires energy, materials and functioning ecological conditions; transformations have costs and limits.From Robert Bunge · Leif Eriksson
- CauseInstitutional rules reward accumulation, status seeking and control where these reproduce competitive capacity and incumbent power.From Leif Eriksson
- ↑ contributes to all of these together
- CauseInstitutions depend on continuing output, investment, employment, accumulation or strategic advantage.From Leif Eriksson
- ↑ contributes to all of these together
- CauseInstitutions depend on continuing output, investment, employment, accumulation or strategic advantage.From Leif Eriksson shown above
- CauseAI is deployed within institutions optimising accumulation, control, engagement or strategic advantage.From Leif Eriksson
- CauseAI increases capacity for administration, persuasion, surveillance, technological development and coordination.From Leif Eriksson
- ↑ contributes to all of these together
- ProblemEssential services and livelihoods become vulnerable during energy, material or institutional disruption.From Robert Bunge · Leif Eriksson
- ↑ contributes to all of these together
- ProblemCompetitive escalation and poorly governed technologies threaten catastrophic destruction.From Robert Bunge · Leif Eriksson
- ↑ contributes to
- ↑ contributes to all of these together
- CauseProtective military measures increase others’ threat perceptions and prompt countermeasures.From Leif Eriksson shown above
- CauseAI is deployed within institutions optimising accumulation, control, engagement or strategic advantage.From Leif Eriksson shown above
- CauseAI increases capacity for administration, persuasion, surveillance, technological development and coordination.From Leif Eriksson shown above
Beyond this part · 20 links
- Resources, expertise and coercive power are unequal and often held by established actors. contributes to Others must adopt comparable capabilities, accommodate the stronger side, or risk exclusion. in “Capability and coercive selection”
- Resources, expertise and coercive power are unequal and often held by established actors. contributes to Where concentration pays, adopting and reorganising increase concentration and dependence. in “Capability and coercive selection”
- Institutions reward accumulation, status seeking and control that reproduce incumbent power. contributes to Taking part in institutions reinforces particular desires, loyalties and ideas of success. in “Identification and institutional reproduction”
- Competition can impose exclusion, dependency, loss of independence or organised violence. contributes to Established actors can impose sanctions, dependence, repression or force on challengers. in “Capability and coercive selection”
- Institutions reward accumulation, status seeking and control that reproduce incumbent power. contributes to Domination, coercion and extraction persist despite expanding capabilities. in “Capability and coercive selection”
- Resources, expertise and coercive power are unequal and often held by established actors. contributes to Alternatives are crushed or marginalised before they can become durable organising principles. in “Capability and coercive selection”
- Resources, expertise and coercive power are unequal and often held by established actors. contributes to Adaptation increases managerial authority or shifts whose priorities count. in “The paradox of success”
- Institutions reward accumulation, status seeking and control that reproduce incumbent power. contributes to Members become customers or dependants, and success is redefined by market performance. in “The paradox of success”
- Material throughput and extraction undermine ecological conditions and shift costs onto others. contributes to Legitimacy and shared understanding decay as promised benefits diverge from conduct or limits. in “AI inside the existing incentive system”
- Material throughput and extraction undermine ecological conditions and shift costs onto others. contributes to Ethical insight does not become a durable basis for collective life, so the same patterns recur. in “Why these effects matter for the goal”
- Essential services and livelihoods become vulnerable during energy or institutional disruption. contributes to Ethical insight does not become a durable basis for collective life, so the same patterns recur. in “Why these effects matter for the goal”
- Competitive escalation and poorly governed technologies threaten catastrophic destruction. contributes to Ethical insight does not become a durable basis for collective life, so the same patterns recur. in “Why these effects matter for the goal”
- Material throughput and extraction undermine ecological conditions and shift costs onto others. addressed by AI-assisted energy and materials research with verified deployment within ecological limits. The change
- Material throughput and extraction undermine ecological conditions and shift costs onto others. addressed by Essential services become reliable and affordable within limits and accountable ownership. The change
- Essential services and livelihoods become vulnerable during energy or institutional disruption. addressed by AI-assisted energy and materials research with verified deployment within ecological limits. The change
- Essential services and livelihoods become vulnerable during energy or institutional disruption. addressed by Promising energy or material ideas become experimentally verified at a specified maturity. The change
- Essential services and livelihoods become vulnerable during energy or institutional disruption. addressed by Essential services become reliable and affordable within limits and accountable ownership. The change
- Competitive escalation and poorly governed technologies threaten catastrophic destruction. addressed by Cross-civilisational inquiry followed by credible, accountable common-security arrangements. The change
- Competitive escalation and poorly governed technologies threaten catastrophic destruction. addressed by A security proposal addresses reciprocal threats, justice, accountability and enforceability. The change
- Competitive escalation and poorly governed technologies threaten catastrophic destruction. addressed by Verified reciprocal arrangements reduce escalatory incentives and catastrophic exposure. The change
Part 5 of 6
AI inside the existing incentive system
Deployed by institutions that optimise for accumulation and control, AI can manipulate trust, expand extraction and compound catastrophic risk.
Draws on Leif Eriksson (posts 1, 4, 13, 20, 23, 26, 33; essays) and Robert Bunge (posts 8, 9, 19, 21, 25, 27, 30, 34).
Outline
- ProblemCompetitive escalation and poorly governed technologies threaten catastrophic destruction.From Robert Bunge · Leif Eriksson
- ↑ contributes to
- ↑ contributes to all of these together
- CauseProtective military measures increase others’ threat perceptions and prompt countermeasures.From Leif Eriksson shown above
- CauseAI is deployed within institutions optimising accumulation, control, engagement or strategic advantage.From Leif Eriksson
- CauseAI increases capacity for administration, persuasion, surveillance, technological development and coordination.From Leif Eriksson
- ProblemInstitutional legitimacy and shared understanding deteriorate as promised benefits diverge from actual conduct or material limits.From Robert Bunge · Leif Eriksson
- ↑ contributes to all of these together
- CauseInstitutions depend on continuing output, investment, employment, accumulation or strategic advantage.From Leif Eriksson
- ProblemMaterial throughput and extraction undermine ecological conditions and shift costs to others or the future.From Robert Bunge · Leif Eriksson
- ↑ contributes to all of these together
- CauseHuman activity requires energy, materials and functioning ecological conditions; transformations have costs and limits.From Robert Bunge · Leif Eriksson
- CauseInstitutional rules reward accumulation, status seeking and control where these reproduce competitive capacity and incumbent power.From Leif Eriksson
- CauseInstitutions depend on continuing output, investment, employment, accumulation or strategic advantage.From Leif Eriksson shown above
- ↑ contributes to all of these together
- CauseInstitutions depend on continuing output, investment, employment, accumulation or strategic advantage.From Leif Eriksson shown above
- CauseAI is deployed within institutions optimising accumulation, control, engagement or strategic advantage.From Leif Eriksson shown above
- CauseAI increases capacity for administration, persuasion, surveillance, technological development and coordination.From Leif Eriksson shown above
- ↑ contributes to all of these together
- ↑ contributes to
- ↑ contributes to all of these together
Beyond this part · 19 links
- Protective military measures raise others’ threat perceptions and prompt countermeasures. feeds back to States perceive threats while reciprocal restraints and enforceable common security fall short. in “Material disruption and security escalation”
- Material throughput and extraction undermine ecological conditions and shift costs onto others. contributes to Ethical insight does not become a durable basis for collective life, so the same patterns recur. in “Why these effects matter for the goal”
- Competitive escalation and poorly governed technologies threaten catastrophic destruction. contributes to Ethical insight does not become a durable basis for collective life, so the same patterns recur. in “Why these effects matter for the goal”
- Manipulated intimacy, opaque decisions and degraded information undermine trust and agency. contributes to Ethical insight does not become a durable basis for collective life, so the same patterns recur. in “Why these effects matter for the goal”
- Legitimacy and shared understanding decay as promised benefits diverge from conduct or limits. contributes to Ethical insight does not become a durable basis for collective life, so the same patterns recur. in “Why these effects matter for the goal”
- Material throughput and extraction undermine ecological conditions and shift costs onto others. addressed by AI-assisted energy and materials research with verified deployment within ecological limits. The change
- Material throughput and extraction undermine ecological conditions and shift costs onto others. addressed by Essential services become reliable and affordable within limits and accountable ownership. The change
- Competitive escalation and poorly governed technologies threaten catastrophic destruction. addressed by Cross-civilisational inquiry followed by credible, accountable common-security arrangements. The change
- Competitive escalation and poorly governed technologies threaten catastrophic destruction. addressed by A security proposal addresses reciprocal threats, justice, accountability and enforceability. The change
- Competitive escalation and poorly governed technologies threaten catastrophic destruction. addressed by Verified reciprocal arrangements reduce escalatory incentives and catastrophic exposure. The change
- Manipulated intimacy, opaque decisions and degraded information undermine trust and agency. addressed by Sustained, critically examined human–AI inquiry, adult learning and the four questions. The change
- Manipulated intimacy, opaque decisions and degraded information undermine trust and agency. addressed by The Forge: curate inquiry traces and test model adaptation that keeps useful reflective behaviour. The change
- Manipulated intimacy, opaque decisions and degraded information undermine trust and agency. addressed by Transparent, accountable and democratically governed institutions and AI services. The change
- Manipulated intimacy, opaque decisions and degraded information undermine trust and agency. addressed by People develop transferable judgment, perspective-taking and independent conflict competence. The change
- Manipulated intimacy, opaque decisions and degraded information undermine trust and agency. addressed by Institutional conduct warrants trust, and that trust supports voluntary cooperation and learning. The change
- Manipulated intimacy, opaque decisions and degraded information undermine trust and agency. addressed by A model or practice keeps tested improvements without unacceptable regressions or costs. The change
- Legitimacy and shared understanding decay as promised benefits diverge from conduct or limits. addressed by Transparent, accountable and democratically governed institutions and AI services. The change
- Legitimacy and shared understanding decay as promised benefits diverge from conduct or limits. addressed by Institutional conduct warrants trust, and that trust supports voluntary cooperation and learning. The change
- Legitimacy and shared understanding decay as promised benefits diverge from conduct or limits. addressed by People with real access and choice join, sustain or prefer the more trustworthy arrangement. The change
Part 6 of 6
Why these effects matter for the goal
Each problem can independently keep ethical insight from becoming a durable basis for collective life.
Outline
- ProblemEthical insight does not become a durable basis for collective life; the future remains exposed to the same patterns.From Leif Eriksson
Beyond this part · 4 links
- Ethical insight does not become a durable basis for collective life, so the same patterns recur. addressed by Sustained, critically examined human–AI inquiry, adult learning and the four questions. The change
- Ethical insight does not become a durable basis for collective life, so the same patterns recur. addressed by Accessible AI-supported conflict training and guidance: voluntary, confidential, with human support. The change
- Ethical insight does not become a durable basis for collective life, so the same patterns recur. addressed by Pilot, document, adapt and independently replicate workable constructive practices. The change
- Ethical insight does not become a durable basis for collective life, so the same patterns recur. addressed by Trustworthy, non-dominating institutions survive and spread without mission drift. The change
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