Nina Schick: Superintelligence risk hinges on humans controlling humans and sovereignty

NinaDSchick · x · 2026-11-08

AI author Nina Schick argues the SuperIntelligence debate must center human nature and sovereignty.

Humans already use AI to deceive, coerce and attack each other; SuperIntelligence would amplify those intentions. Whatever your p(doom), the prospect of humans using SuperIntelligence to control other humans must be central to risk assessment — and access to the capability is essential for defense.
SuperIntelligence is a manufactured capability resting on chips, critical minerals, electricity, compute and models. Whoever controls the intelligence supply chain decides who can build, deploy, and on whose terms others access it — even alignment research requires compute.
On the upside: escaping the Malthusian trap, overcoming scarcity, expanding human knowledge. Who gets to discover, build and prosper?

Her conclusion: sovereignty is increasingly downstream of SuperIntelligence — for nations, enterprises, and above all autonomous individuals.

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