AI power could make ideology secondary to survival, this reply argues
zetalyrae · x · 2026-07-29
This reply argues that ideology may matter less than material interests once one side gains an overwhelming, compounding AI advantage.
The core point is that if a country or bloc becomes effectively omnipotent through AI, questions about shared ideology may give way to a much more immediate concern: how other countries will survive or remain relevant in that world.
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