[ExI] best case scenario for sai

[John Clark]

On Thu, Jun 18, 2026 at 3:11 PM Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

* > I think that by now we can rule out a 'singleton' scenario, there are
> too many AI models around, all over the world,*


*I don't think that can be ruled out.** Yes today there are a bunch of AI
models that have approximately the same amount of intelligence, but once
iterated self-improvement kicks into high gear then an AI that is even a
little bit smarter than the others will start to pull away from everything
else, and the intelligence gap will not only increase the gap will
accelerate. That's why I think it's important that the AI that wins the
race does not come from an authoritarian dictatorship, like the one we see
in China. Yes thanks to He Who Must Not Be Named the US is headed toward
the Chinese (and Russian) form of government, but it's not there yet. *


> *> controlled and operated by too many groups*,


*But not controlled by groups of human beings, they may or may not still
exist I don't know, but they will certainly no longer be the ones that make
the big decisions in world affairs.  *


> * > It's obvious to us here which of those options are 'best case' for us
> (mostly libertarian-leaning secular westerners), but some of them are
> similarly 'best-case' for other cultures and other world-views. I know it's
> difficult for us to understand, but there are people who genuinely think
> that the highest good is subservience to the state, or adherence to some
> religious system or other, etc.*


*I wish that wasn't true but it is.  *


*John K Clark*



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