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Techno-feudalism and the rise of AGI: A future without economic rights?

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207 points lexandstuff | 1 comments | 05 Jul 25 21:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.397s | source
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andsoitis ◴[06 Jul 25 03:34 UTC] No.44477616[source]▶
Will there be only one AGI? Or will there be several, all in competition with each other?
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1. jandrewrogers ◴[06 Jul 25 03:47 UTC] No.44477662[source]▶
That depends on how optimized the AGI is for economic growth rate. Too poorly optimized and a more highly optimized fast-follower could eclipse it.

At some point, there will be an AGI with a head start that is also sufficiently close to optimal that no one else can realistically overtake its ability to simultaneously grow and suppress competitors. Many organisms in the biological world adopt the same strategy.