ASI skeptic: progress carries risks, but ASI brings infinite costs and zero payoff
JOBhakdi · x · 2026-09-27
Responding to a hypothetical about trillions of slightly-smarter agents already being dangerous, a skeptic argues he'd take serious trouble with a path to solutions over guaranteed extinction — but ASI's infinite costs and risks mean it isn't real progress.
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