AI concentrates military power, potentially enabling single-person absolute control over nations
Darpinian · x · 2026-08-27
Darpinian observes that technology has been concentrating military power into fewer hands, with AI continuing this trend. He warns this could reach a logical conclusion where a single person wields absolute control over a nation, an outcome he argues we should most try to avoid, aside from outright extinction.
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