WSJ piece cited as corroboration for the 'Watchmen analogy' on AI power concentration
vishalmisra · x · 2026-09-27
vishalmisra says a WSJ piece corroborates his earlier "Watchmen analogy": not that AI becomes Dr. Manhattan, but the Ozymandias play — an existential threat used to justify concentrating extraordinary authority in the hands of people who claim to understand the danger best, with rationalism and utilitarianism baked in.
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