Mutual Assured AI Malfunction

A Mutual Assured AI Malfunction is a deterrence regime that can be used to create strategic equilibrium systems (that support AI governance tasks).

• AKA: MAIM, AI Mutual Deterrence, Strategic AI Disruption Framework.
• Context:
  • It can typically establish Strategic Equilibrium through mutual vulnerability recognition.
  • It can typically prevent Unilateral AI Dominance through preventive disruption capability.
  • It can typically discourage Rapid Uncoordinated Advancement through retaliatory threat.
  • It can typically maintain Technological Balance through intervention capability.
  • It can typically protect National Security Interest through AI development constraint.
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  • It can often utilize Intelligence Operation for destabilizing AI project detection.
  • It can often deploy Covert Sabotage through insider threat.
  • It can often execute Cyber Interference targeting AI infrastructure vulnerability.
  • It can often implement Overt Cyberattack against public AI system.
  • It can often reserve Kinetic Operation as last resort measure.
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  • It can range from being a Implicit Mutual Assured AI Malfunction to being a Formalized Mutual Assured AI Malfunction, depending on its institutionalization level.
  • It can range from being a Limited Scope Mutual Assured AI Malfunction to being a Comprehensive Mutual Assured AI Malfunction, depending on its targeted capability range.
  • It can range from being a Bilateral Mutual Assured AI Malfunction to being a Multilateral Mutual Assured AI Malfunction, depending on its participating power count.
  • It can range from being a Temporary Mutual Assured AI Malfunction to being a Persistent Mutual Assured AI Malfunction, depending on its governance transition timeline.
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  • It can establish Clear Threshold for destabilizing AI project identification.
  • It can promote City Avoidance for civilian casualty minimization.
  • It can implement Transparency Mechanism for AI capability monitoring.
  • It can maintain Crisis Communication through direct contact channel.
  • It can utilize AI-Assisted Inspection for confidentiality-preserving verification.
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• Examples:
  • Mutual Assured AI Malfunction Implementation Categories, such as:
    • Strategic Mutual Assured AI Malfunctions, such as:
      • Great Power Mutual Assured AI Malfunction for superpower AI competition management.
      • Regional Mutual Assured AI Malfunction for local power balance maintenance.
    • Technological Mutual Assured AI Malfunctions, such as:
      • Superintelligence Development Mutual Assured AI Malfunction for existential risk reduction.
      • Military AI Mutual Assured AI Malfunction for autonomous weapon system governance.
  • Mutual Assured AI Malfunction Enforcement Categories, such as:
    • Covert Mutual Assured AI Malfunctions, such as:
      • Intelligence-Led Mutual Assured AI Malfunction for early detection disruption.
      • Cyber Mutual Assured AI Malfunction for digital infrastructure targeting.
    • Overt Mutual Assured AI Malfunctions, such as:
      • Declared Mutual Assured AI Malfunction for public deterrence communication.
      • Coalition Mutual Assured AI Malfunction for allied response coordination.
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• Counter-Examples:
  • AI Arms Race, which lacks mutual disruption capability and promotes unrestrained competition.
  • AI Development Moratorium, which relies on voluntary compliance rather than deterrence mechanism.
  • Unilateral AI Advancement, which seeks technological dominance without mutual constraint.
  • International AI Treaty, which depends on formal agreement rather than implicit deterrence.
  • AI Safety Standard, which establishes best practice without enforcement capability.
• See: Mutual Assured Destruction, Strategic Stability, AI Governance Framework, Technological Deterrence, National Security Strategy.

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