Debate: Billions of Mid-Wit Agents May Be No Less Dangerous Than an ASI
JOBhakdi · x · 2026-09-27
An AI safety debate: one arguer contends that low intelligence isn't a safety buffer — since plenty of mid-wit human decision-makers can wreck society, billions of sub-genius agents aren't automatically less dangerous than an infinitely intelligent ASI. JOBhakdi counters that lower-intelligence agents are indeed less dangerous, because "we fight the mid-wits quite successfully every day."
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