The Perfect Prisoner's Dilemma: Use AI or Your Peer Beats You to the Breakthrough
naval · x · 2026-09-10
A quip retweeted by Naval captures the modern AI dilemma: "If I don't use the model, my peer beats me to the breakthrough. If I use the model, I'm donating my neuro-pathways to the machine that replaces us both next year."
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