Dev argues ASI won't kill people — real AI safety issue is distributing abundance
tobowers · x · 2026-09-14
tobowers argues AI safety focuses on the wrong thing: ASI won't kill people. The real danger echoes history — the agricultural and industrial revolutions left deep scars because "the advanced team never sent help for everyone else." Safety this era should focus on how machines can create abundance for more than a select few.
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