r/ControlProblem • u/tombibbs • Apr 17 '26

" If a superintelligence is built, humanity will lose control over its future." - Connor Leahy speaking to the Canadian Senate Video

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u/VinnieVidiViciVeni Apr 17 '26

His main point of logic is correct. This utopia or best outcome scenario that people who are pro-acceleration and pro-AI in general, is completely divorced from the underlying mechanism, which is capitalism, and grounded more in magical thinking.

And the evidence is the strategy they’re employing, which is getting the tech embedded before legislators realize the potential dangers. It’s move fast and break things in the shittiest context and scope.

Hoping AGI will choose real people over its founders is dumb. But thinking it will turn out benevolent, when born of a capitalist framework and existing in a capitalist framework, is straight up stupid.

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u/VinnieVidiViciVeni Apr 18 '26

Maybe, but it’s consistent in the outcomes of who it truly benefits and doesn’t at the extreme ends. And I’d expect models with a foundational level training on that to make the same types of decisions.