Delaying AGI research could be an existential boomerang: the AGI we stall might save us
ns123abc · x · 2026-09-21
The author argues that procrastinating on AGI over ethics, society, laws, and fear of the superintelligence bogeyman can turn into an 'existential boomerang.' While acknowledging the AGI threat is real and undisputed, he contends the very AGI we're stalling could turn out to be our savior.
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