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Commentary on a RAND report claiming a superintelligence could be contained by hardening world infrastructure against harm, arguing the proposed safeguards are weak and implementation and buy-in remain major obstacles.
Argues that in multipolar ASI offense/defense scenarios, defensive AI aligned with humans who fail to colonize space could let offense win, and proposes a minimum viable defense theorem.
Vitalik Buterin argues AI 2027's doom scenarios underrate defensive technologies in biosecurity, cybersecurity and info defense, and outlines policy implications including slowing AI via hardware treaties and supporting alignment work.