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Why Governments Might Race to Build ASI Even If It Could Kill Us All.

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A LessWrong post argues that a nation state is unlikely to give up a decisive strategic advantage, so the author is not confident ASI development can realistically be stopped, believing governments will try to develop aligned ASI in secret.

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“I'm not sure if it's game theoretically possible for a nation state to give up a decisive strategic edge and hence I am not confident the development of ASI can realistically ever be stopped as I believe governments will attempt to develop aligned-ASI in…”
LessWrong, 23 Oct 2026, 12:57.

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