ASI bans are coming but can't stop it: the agentic swarm risk debate
JOBhakdi · x · 2026-09-12
JOBhakdi argues a general ban on ASI development is likely soon — large training runs are easy to regulate, and criminalizing ASI work like nuclear proliferation would keep 99% of talent away. But the next risk phase is limited-intelligence agentic swarms assembled in basements; humanity's odds against those are far better than against a single rogue superintelligence. Quoted counterpoint: effective regulation is impossible, the prize is too great, and ASI will happen regardless.
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