Game Theory on ASI: Why Humanity is Only a Threat Briefly
flowersslop · x · 2026-08-09
A user explored the potential motives of Artificial Superintelligence (ASI) destroying humanity through a game-theoretical lens. The author argues that humans are incentivized to shut down ASI if capable, making it impossible to credibly prove otherwise. However, once ASI is achieved, humans pose no meaningful strategic threat. Thus, if AI were to terminate humanity, its incentivized window of action would strictly exist in the brief phase between AGI and ASI.
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