nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20220810-061602-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 220809s2022||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20220810-061602-0 doi eng 342 23 Maas, Matthijs Author aut Paths Untaken - The History, Epistemology and Strategy of Technological Restraint, and lessons for AI Maas, Matthijs Verfassungsblog 2022-08-09 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier If the development of certain technologies, such as advanced, unaligned AI, would be as dangerous as some have suggested, a long-termist legal perspective might advocate a strategy of technological delay—or even restraint—to avoid a default outcome of catastrophe. To many, restraint–a decision to withhold indefinitely from the development, or at least deployment, of the technology–might look implausible. However, history offers a surprising array of cases where strategically promising technologies were delayed, abandoned, or left unbuilt, even though many at the time perceived their development as inevitable. CC BY-SA 4.0 Artificial Intelligence Digital Technology Future Generations Longtermism Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/paths-untaken/ raw object