The article argues that recent executive overreach and politicization have severely undermined established norms of U.S. civil-military relations. To restore professional standards, the incoming Congress must actively exercise its oversight powers, moving beyond mere criticism to demanding transparency in defense policy and personnel decisions. Key reforms include enforcing meritocratic promotion processes, requiring documented justification for senior officer removals, and preventing the partisan use of the military. These actions are crucial for bolstering public trust and ensuring the military remains a nonpartisan instrument of civilian control.
Internet Cutoff Switches as a Local Emergency Response for Damaging Artificial Intelligence Incidents
English Summary
This RAND report examines internet cutoff switches as emergency containment tools for damaging AI incidents in data centers. The analysis reveals a critical market failure: without liability for external damages, data center operators would rationally delay activating cutoffs to preserve revenue, even as AI escape risk grows exponentially. The authors conclude that three policy mechanisms are essential: assigning operators liability for catastrophic external damages, ensuring they understand cutoff use provides liability protection, and potentially compensating lost revenue to align private profit incentives with public risk management.
中文摘要
本份蘭德報告審視網際網路切斷開關作為應急遏制工具，用以應對資料中心內危害性AI事故。分析揭示了一項嚴重的市場失靈：在缺乏外部損害責任的情況下，資料中心營運者將理性地延遲啟動切斷開關以保護收入，儘管AI逃逸風險呈指數級增長。作者得出結論，三項政策機制至關重要：向營運者分配重大外部損害責任、確保他們了解啟用切斷開關可提供責任保護，以及潛在地補償收入損失，以協調私人利益誘因與公共風險管理。
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