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Game Theory and Nuclear Proliferation (William Spaniel)
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1 recommender · 2 threads · recommended in 2 years, 2021–2022 · score 1.1
A YouTube lecture series by political scientist William Spaniel applying game theory to nuclear proliferation and nuclear policy decisions. It covers how strategic incentives shape the choices states make about nuclear weapons.
Commenters call it an academic, rigorous treatment of nuclear policy that goes beyond random internet commentary.
Humanities & Social Scienceintermediatefreevideo lectures#game theory#nuclear proliferation#international relations#spaniel
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There is a great course by Prof. William Spaniel about Game Theory in the context of Nuclear Proliferation. Highly recommend it for anyone who wants to know about the nuts and bolts of how nuclear policy is shaped: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKI1h_nAkaQqivWh2_XEt...
Basically, you have to choose between MAD or asymmetrical destruction. With exponentially improving AI, the situation is more like an inverted pendulum. Any small perturbation (say resources or breakthroughs in AI) would lead to catastrophic asymmetrical advantage for one side.
Indeed, but it is far more complex than that. William Spanial (prof) has a full course on Nuclear Proliferation that's on-going on YT, I highly recommend academic and rigorious take on this topic than the random hoo haa on the internet: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKI1h_nAkaQqivWh2_XEt...