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The speaker thinks AI conflict is more likely to resemble historical cases with a large power imbalance and highly distinct groups that may have different interests.
Scott Alexander · AI 2027: month-by-month model of intelligence explosion — Scott Alexander & Daniel Kokotajlo · 3 Apr 2025
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“I do think that AI is going to be more similar to the cases where,”
“number one, there's a giant power imbalance and number two.”
“They are just extremely distinct groups that may have different interests.”Play from 2:12:32Report a misattribution
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