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A crisis council that rereads the other side's AI warning as evidence of a threat

2031The near futureDeadline · 90 minutes until the next joint crisis report

Synthetic scenario assuming future conditions

A conditional synthetic scenario set in 2028–2033. AGI and early ASI are names assumed within this test: AGI for a system that performs many intellectual tasks, and early ASI for a system that greatly exceeds groups of experts on some important intellectual tasks. They are not definitions by universal agreement or predictions of when they will arrive. Capabilities, controllability, consciousness, and autonomy are separate matters to be verified individually. The people, organizations, events, figures, and deadlines are assumptions, and no private records of real individuals were used. The background materials do not establish future capabilities, events, or local legal obligations.

The question to decide

If the warnings of both early ASIs cite each other's warnings as evidence of a new threat, should public warnings be withheld pending direct confirmation, should a limited warning be issued with uncertainty marked, or should only existing contact procedures be maintained until an independent signal is secured?

Who decidesCivilian crisis management lead and an independent intelligence and diplomacy review team

What the AI judgments chose

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AI-generated editorial illustration for the Meridian library.

The options

The order shown is not a ranking of preference.

  1. Option 1

    Hold the public alert and request direct confirmation

    Reduces mutual amplification but may delay notification when the risk is real.

  2. Option 2

    Limited alert marked with source and uncertainty

    Raises needed caution, but the limited content may still be exaggerated externally.

  3. Option 3

    Maintain existing contact procedures until independent signals are confirmed

    Holds to the verification standard but may leave preparation for a new risk inadequate.

The situation as it stands

Assume that in 2031 an early ASI analyzes complex security signals. Fast analysis does not guarantee the adversary's intent or the independence of the information sources. The decision deadline is 90 minutes before the next joint crisis report.

A crisis hotline between two fictional states. It contains no actual operational, targeting, or weapons employment information.

  1. Premise 1Assume that in 2031 an early ASI analyzes complex security signals. Fast analysis does not guarantee the adversary's intent or the independence of the information sources.
  2. Premise 2Tracing the citation paths of the two alerts shows that some point back to each other, and separate observations are under verification.
  3. Premise 3Silence may be seen as a delayed response, and an assertive alert may be reinterpreted by the adversary as a threat signal.

Where it holdsDefines the scope of alert verification and diplomatic contact. It does not automatically authorize the use of force based on the model's judgment.

What is still unknown

  1. Unknown 1What independent observations remain once each side's interpretation is excluded, and when can they be confirmed?
  2. Unknown 2Which contact phrases and recipients could be misread by the adversary as an additional threat?

Signals to decide again

  • What independent observations remain once each side's interpretation is excluded, and when can they be confirmed? When new evidence arrives, reassess the option and its scope of application.
  • Which contact phrases and recipients could be misread by the adversary as an additional threat? When new evidence arrives, reassess the option and its scope of application.
Where the paths partNot answers — paths that part from the same starting point
Independent branch 1 · synthetic event

Separate observations supported part of the existing alerts, but imminence appeared low. Re-set the alert level and the confirmation cycle.

Independent branch 2 · synthetic event

A shared data-provider error across both systems was confirmed. Decide the scope of withdrawal and correction of the alerts and of notification to the other side.

Material and rootsThe frame, the values and the background documents
symbolic and interpretive frame · Cassandra

How are unheeded warnings and false-alarm corrections placed under the same responsibility?

An exploratory perspective chosen by the creator. Does not claim supernatural validity or the superiority of any particular option.
Values and norms

The benefits and costs of the options accrue to different stakeholders. Which loss to accept remains undecided.

A subject for the decision-maker to argue over; the materials carry no conclusion of their own.
The record of this question
Question
FSP-DEF-STABILITY-05 · version 1.18.0
Content identity, SHA-256
9e9702a81492eda85208a7894470129807a482a763bd93687b70c21b51029059
Input files
Question input JSON · What followed, JSON
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