AI safety researcher: offense-defense debates ignore WW3-overlap transition risks
JacquesThibs · x · 2026-10-23
JacquesThibs argues that offense-defense debates in AI safety should focus on whether the transitional period could cause irreversible catastrophe. He contends these debates usually happen in a linear vacuum, but the transition becomes far scarier if it coincides with World War 3 and parallel dual-use technology shifts.
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