If AI Can End Civilization, Can't It Also Defend It? A Reddit Debate on AI Offense vs Defense
scottimous · reddit · 2026-10-07
A Reddit post argues for symmetry: if AI could enable bioweapons, supply-chain attacks, or internet takeover by bad actors, then a landscape of competing frontier models should also enable defense — with other stakeholders training models to identify and de-risk attacks in real time, forming a spy-vs-spy equilibrium where first-mover edges get countered.
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