Pausing the ASI race would only accelerate AGI-driven job displacement, argues Redditor
Mastac123 · reddit · 2026-09-13
A Reddit post argues that even if frontier labs paused the race to ASI/recursive self-improvement, economic disruption would accelerate, not slow: replacing 99% of jobs doesn't require ASI — AGI suffices, and thousands of top engineers would pivot to productizing existing models, speeding up real-world displacement.
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