{"id":5344,"date":"2025-09-15T14:14:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T06:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rzautoassembly.com\/?p=5344"},"modified":"2025-09-15T14:14:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T06:14:24","slug":"defining-ai-risks-the-hidden-battleground-of-global-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rzautoassembly.com\/nn\/defining-ai-risks-the-hidden-battleground-of-global-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Defining AI Risks: The Hidden Battleground of Global Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Paradox Amid Consensus: From Risk Warnings to the Norm of Competition<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Risk dominates current discussions on artificial intelligence governance. This July, Geoffrey Hinton, a dual laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and the Turing Award, delivered a speech at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai. The title remained the one he has repeatedly used since leaving Google in 2023: \u201cWill Digital Intelligence Replace Biological Intelligence?\u201d He emphasized once again that artificial intelligence may soon surpass humanity and threaten our survival.<\/p>\n

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Scientists and policymakers from China, the United States, European countries, and beyond nodded in grave agreement. However, beneath this superficial consensus lies a profound paradox in AI governance: at conference after conference, the world\u2019s brightest minds identify shared risks, call for cooperation, and sign declarations. Yet the moment the meetings end, the world reverts to a state of fierce competition.<\/p>\n

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This paradox has troubled me for years. I trust in science, but if the threat truly survival, why can\u2019t even the instinct for self-preservation unite humanity? Only recently did I realize a disturbing possibility: these risk warnings fail to foster international cooperation because defining AI risks has itself become a new arena for global competition. Even in niche domains like manufacturing automation\u2014such as the precision calibration of Automatic Spring Tray Arrangement Equipment<\/u><\/a><\/span>, where AI-driven vision systems and robotic arms dictate production standards\u2014disagreements over \u201cacceptable error margins\u201d or \u201csafety thresholds\u201d subtly reflect broader battles over technical dominance and market access.<\/p>\n

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The \u201cConstruction\u201d of Risks<\/span><\/strong>: From Scientific Assessment to Strategic Gamesmanship<\/p>\n

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Traditional technology governance follows a clear causal chain: first identify specific risks, then develop governance solutions. The dangers of nuclear weapons are straightforward and objective\u2014blast yield, radiation range, radioactive fallout. Climate change has measurable indicators and an increasingly solid scientific consensus. But artificial intelligence is entirely different; it is like a blank canvas. No one can fully convince everyone whether the greatest risk is mass unemployment, algorithmic discrimination, the takeover by superintelligence, or some entirely new threat we have yet to imagine.<\/p>\n

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This uncertainty has transformed AI risk assessment from a scientific inquiry into a strategic game. The United States emphasizes \u201cexistential risks\u201d posed by \u201cfrontier models\u201d\u2014terminology that focuses attention on Silicon Valley\u2019s advanced systems, framing American tech giants both as sources of risk and as essential partners in risk control. Europe focuses on \u201cethics\u201d and \u201ctrustworthy AI,\u201d extending its regulatory expertise from data protection to artificial intelligence. China advocates that \u201cAI safety is a global public good,\u201d arguing that risk governance should not be monopolized by a few nations but should serve humanity\u2019s common interests\u2014a narrative that challenges Western dominance while calling for a multipolar governance structure.<\/p>\n

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Corporations are equally adept at shaping risk narratives. OpenAI emphasizes \u201calignment with human goals,\u201d highlighting both genuine technical challenges and its own research strengths. Anthropic promotes \u201cconstitutional AI,\u201d precisely targeting domains where it claims expertise. Other companies skillfully select safety benchmarks that favor their technical approaches, implying that risks lie solely with competitors who fail to meet these standards. Computer scientists, philosophers, economists\u2014each professional community shapes its own value through narratives, whether warning of technical catastrophes, exposing moral hazards, or predicting labor market upheavals.<\/p>\n

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As a result, the causal chain of AI safety has been completely inverted: we first construct risk narratives, then deduce technical threats; we first design governance frameworks, then define the problems that require governance. The process of defining problems itself creates causality. This is not a failure of epistemology but a new form of power\u2014making one\u2019s definition of risk the unquestioned \u201cscientific consensus.\u201d How we define \u201cartificial general intelligence,\u201d which applications constitute \u201cunacceptable risk,\u201d and what qualifies as \u201cresponsible AI\u201d\u2014these answers will directly shape future technological trajectories, industrial competitive advantages, international market structures, and even the world order.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Seeking Coordination Amid Plurality<\/span><\/strong>: Redefining the Possibilities of AI Governance<\/p>\n

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Does this mean that AI safety cooperation is destined to be empty talk? On the contrary, understanding the rules of the game allows for more effective participation.<\/p>\n

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AI risks are constructed. For policymakers, this means advancing their own agendas in international negotiations while understanding the genuine concerns and legitimate interests behind others\u2019 positions. Acknowledging constructiveness does not mean denying reality\u2014regardless of how risks are defined, solid technical research, robust contingency mechanisms, and practical safeguards remain essential. For enterprises, this means considering diverse stakeholders when formulating technical standards and abandoning a \u201cwinner-takes-all\u201d mindset; true competitive advantage stems from unique strengths rooted in local innovation ecosystems, not opportunistic positioning. For the public, this requires cultivating \u201crisk immunity\u201d\u2014learning to discern the interest structures and power relations behind different AI risk narratives, neither paralyzed by doomsday prophecies nor seduced by technological utopias.<\/p>\n

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International cooperation remains indispensable, but we must rethink its nature and possibilities. Instead of pursuing a unified AI risk governance framework that is neither achievable nor necessary, we should acknowledge and manage the plurality of risk perceptions. The international community does not need a single overarching global agreement but rather \u201ccompetitive governance laboratories\u201d where different governance models prove their value in practice. This polycentric governance may appear loose, but it can achieve higher-level coordination through mutual learning and checks and balances.<\/p>\n

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We habitually view AI as just another technology requiring governance, without realizing that it is reshaping the very meaning of \u201cgovernance.\u201d The competition to define AI risks is not a failure of global governance but its inevitable evolution\u2014a collective learning process as humanity confronts the uncertainties of trans\u00a0formative technology.<\/p>\n

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