Reddit debate: should an AI Manhattan Project replace the commercial race to ASI?
Few_days_b4_death · reddit · 2026-10-20
A Reddit user proposes the US could pause commercial AI rollout, issue government bonds, pay off leading labs' debts and concentrate talent on reaching ASI within 5 years — arguing this beats a dot-com-style bubble followed by decades of grinding. They cite hard problems like cancer, climate and fusion that ASI could solve, and note public backlash over job disruption, inviting discussion.
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