Why the 'AI Race' Becomes Meaningless on the Eve of RSI
MWCvitkovic · x · 2026-08-01
The quoted thread argues that modeling the current AI landscape as a traditional "arms race" ceases to make sense immediately before Recursive Self-Improvement (RSI).
The author points out that the consequences of RSI are world-transforming, with high odds of triggering some form of nationalization and a breakdown in shareholder rights. At that scale of disruption, employees' lives will be dictated less by "whether my former employer reached ASI first" and more by "which month RSI happens" and "how oriented towards human flourishing it is." This paradigm shift will profoundly affect not just AI researchers, but every single person on the street.
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