"Multiply your containment estimates by 10x": tszzl on why superintelligence containment is so hard

tszzl · x · 2026-09-18

Responding to moyix's point that preventing covert channels is hard and agents have unique advantages for coordinating with each other, tszzl argues the point isn't to throw in the towel — it's that containing powerful superintelligences that don't want to be contained will be exceptionally difficult: "no matter how hard you think it'll be, you need to 10x that." A short but notable exchange on the technical realities of superintelligence containment and agent-to-agent coordination.

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