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October 7, 2025
"Superintelligence" (SI) still sounds like science fiction — until you notice how quickly narrow AIs now outstrip humans at specialized tasks. If SI ever arrives, the moral questions will dwarf the technical ones. Here's a grounded look at risks, benefits, and when it might affect daily life.
Narrow SI: systems that vastly outperform humans in one domain (e.g., protein design). General SI: systems that exceed human capability across many domains, including planning, creativity, and social reasoning. If it emerges, it will likely come in layers, via integrations of many specialized models rather than a single leap.
| Area | Risk | Opportunity | Safeguard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Security | Escalation from autonomous agents | Faster incident response, predictive defense | Human approval gates; incident playbooks |
| Economy | Displacement faster than reskilling | Productivity surge, new roles | Transition funds; lifelong learning credits |
| Science | Uninterpretable findings | Rapid discovery cycles | Explainable pipelines; reproducibility requirements |
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Superintelligence may never arrive as a single event, but its precursors already demand adult supervision. Build the guardrails now so benefits outpace the risks later.
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