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AI as orderly evacuation vs stampede.

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A post argues that a good analogy for AI going well is an orderly evacuation rather than a stampede, comparing AI outcomes to a crowd leaving a building calmly versus a panicked surge toward the exit.

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“tl;dr: A good analogy for AI going well is an orderly evacuation rather than a stampede. Imagine a crowd of people leaving a building. If they all walk calmly, they’ll be fine.”
LessWrong, 17 Sept 2026, 02:40.

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