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If it is shown to be doable literally every major nation state (basically the top 10 by GDP) is going to have it in a year or two. Same with nuclear fusion. Secrecy doesn’t matter. Nor can you really maintain it indefinitely for something where thousands of people are involved.

In addition, it's also a big assumption that money will continue to matter or hold its value in such a world.

It is also entirely possible that if we get to AGI, it just stops interacting with us completely.

It is why I find the AI doomer stuff so ridiculous. I am surrounded by less intelligent lifeforms. I am not interested in some kind of genocide against the common ant or fly. I have no interest in interacting with them at all. It is boring.

Humans spray mosquitos, just sayin'. That said, I agree insofar that just about anything is possible.

I mean, I'm definitely interested in genociding mosquitos and flies, personally.

Of course the extremely unfortunate thing is they actually have a use in nature (flies are massive pollinators, mosquitos... get eaten by more useful things, I guess), so wouldn't actually do it, but it's nice to dream of a world without mozzies and flies

Anyone who solves AGI will be the government.