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I think tidal forces are a better analogy. As change accelerates, basically any pre-existing organisational structure will feel tension between how reality used to be and how reality is.

Things will get ripped apart, like the spaghettification of objects falling into a black hole.

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Tidal implies cyclical, so no. This is accretive in a sense, but not in any gradual way.

I am not referring to tides, but to the tidal forces that generate them. Tidal forces are the result of a gradient in the field of gravity.

When you are close to a black hole, the part of you that is closest, experiences a stronger force of gravity than the rest of your body. This tension rips things apart. Likewise, some parts of our civilization will be more affected by AI than others, causing change there to accelerate. This causes tension with the rest of civilization.

> Tidal forces are the result of a gradient in the field of gravity.

Thanks for clarifying that you aren’t referring to the cyclical temporal variation.

I see your point. AI advances are not accessible or “felt” the same way across civilizations, cultures, industries, nations, or people.

Centrifugal "forces" also imply cycles. The other commenter is correct that it's tidal forces, not tides.

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