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abrandis

Why is everyone delusional about AGI/ASI thinking it will be allowed to be used by the public and not guarded as nuclear weapons- level state secrets?

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All this talk about AI/AgI and how the race of the first public company to solve the puzzle, always left me wondering , why would any state allow a public company from having such powerful tech that theoretically could be used to usurp power form the government , when the government could use it to usurp power form other nations or better control its own people?

For this reason I have zero doubts that when real.AGI/ASI is close to being completed it will be whisked away into so government lab under the guise of national security.... And will likely be used by the government the welathy and powerful to gain more power and control.

The government doesnt care about LLMs today because these .models are fairly primitive in terms of true creative capability and have limited potential to create true havoc.

In case you think I'm delusional look at the recent Project Genesis https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/trump-signs-executive-order-launching-genesis-mission-ai-project-rcna245600

No doubt this is a bit of a money grab by current tech industry, but behind that kernel of truth lies the more realistic presumprion that the US wants an AI super ("weapon" ) so it's not beholden to any foreign threats (China) or other actors. I could even see the day of targeted strikes or sabotage against foreign companies close to their own AgI..

Thoughts from the crowd.... .

Posted Dec 8, 2025, 3:43 AM UTC

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