Even an AI disaster would just push progress behind closed doors, argues thread
yeastsplainer · x · 2026-09-14
A shared take: even if an AI-induced disaster happened, the likeliest outcome is that progress shifts behind closed doors rather than stops — neither the US nor China would abandon what's essentially a real-life cheat code. The argument pushes back on expectations that nations would voluntarily slow down.
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