Foreign Affairs: chasing superintelligence leaves America behind in the real AI race
mchorowitz · x · 2026-09-22
In Foreign Affairs, Michael C. Horowitz and Lauren Kahn argue America's "AGI delusion" — fixating on superintelligence (exemplified by Altman's Death Star tease before GPT-5) — distracts from what actually wins: practical investment in AI development and rapid adoption. Adoption speed, not guardrail debates, will decide which country benefits most from AI, and higher AI literacy helps buy down risk.
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