softminus: AI China-hawk rhetoric is superintelligence talk in a nationalism skinsuit
softminus · x · 2026-10-06
Continuing the thread, softminus argues this isn't nationalism at all but a "superintelligent Claude takes over the world" narrative dressed in a nationalism skinsuit, because that skin earns deference from the current administration. He notes real hawks would embrace defense tech, yet this crowd resists autonomous warfighting. He also blasts the "eternal 1991 end of history" vision, while weewoono reads Dario as wanting a global Clinton/Bush/Obama-style administration.
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