Rob LeClerc argues AI-generated complexity is a natural safety buffer against misaligned superintelligence
robleclerc · x · 2026-10-01
Rob LeClerc offers a counterintuitive safety argument: stronger AI will make the world vastly more informationally dense and complex — an increasing tax on any superintelligent system trying to dominate it.
- Breaking into computers and swiftly coordinating across a world that keeps changing and adapting in real time will get harder and more expensive
- Any superintelligence would be a tiny speck within a much larger, more complex ecosystem
- In effect, complexity generated by AI acts as a natural safety buffer, limiting how much damage misaligned or misdirected AI can actually do
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