The 'Smarter Species Wins' Argument: Why ASI Doom Doesn't Need a Mechanism
JOBhakdi · x · 2026-09-12
Responding to demands for a concrete mechanism by which ASI causes doom, the author summarizes the core argument: a smarter species defeats a dumber one, and the dumber side cannot predict exactly how. The point isn't the mechanism — it's that we are in competition with something far smarter.
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