Redditor challenges the 'billionaires will control ASI' narrative
EndTiny3883 · reddit · 2026-11-05
A Reddit discussion pushes back on the common narrative that AGI/ASI will hand a handful of tech billionaires absolute power over humanity. The author argues this rests on a huge assumption: that an intelligence vastly superior to any human will remain under human control.
The core question: why assume the rich will control ASI, rather than ASI eventually stripping power away from even the richest and most powerful humans?
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