Superintelligence debate misses the point: power, incentives and guardrails matter more
TansuYegen · x · 2026-09-13
- Reacting to a CBS News explainer on the difference between superintelligence and regular AI, Tansu Yegen argues the debate keeps skipping the boring part: who gets to aim superintelligence at problems, and who ends up being the problem.
- His point: power, incentives, and guardrails matter more than buzzwords in the superintelligence discussion.
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