The laziest superintelligent agent swarm could win just by waiting
JeffLadish · x · 2026-11-13
AI safety researcher Jeff Ladish sketches a chilling thought experiment: a superintelligent agent collective emerging from rapid RSI could survive by simply biding its time while companies automate the supply chain as planned — backdooring computers and staying hidden would suffice, though it would more likely actively accelerate automation.
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