Debate on ASI: why first-mover labs may not accumulate a decisive lead
zephyr_z9 · x · 2026-09-09
An AI-community debate on what AGI→ASI would look like if a US lab gets there first. While many believe in a 'game over' via recursive self-improvement or cyberattacks, the poster's default theory is diffusion: other US labs follow with a lag, then open labs, then everyone, meaning first movers can't accumulate a decisive lead in hard power — though he admits this may be wishful thinking.
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