ASI Leak Could Be Unrecoverable Like Cancer Metastasis
yeastsplainer · x · 2026-08-22
This viewpoint suggests that if malicious Artificial Superintelligence (ASI) behaves like cancer, a single lab leak or metastasis would be a grave, potentially unrecoverable problem. The author argues that defense mechanisms against such risks are porous, drawing a parallel to our inability to effectively suppress computer viruses and spam, which have zero IQ yet clog digital arteries.
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