What I have in mind would be closer to category two, but not in it. Who/that which has most control over the beliefs of the most humans (with some weighting) i

What I have in mind would be closer to category two, but not in it. Who/that which has most control over the beliefs of the most humans (with some weighting) is the most powerful character. You can build the most powerful AI you want, but whoever / whatever is able and willing to invoke Total War (or invoke mass human action toward a particular goal) can Win the Game (or, destroy the playing field so it no longer matters). For example: > Because we can't solve the human alignment problem. Whoever or whatever put this sort of thinking into the minds of 99% of humans, or knows how to exploit it (see: Trump) is very, very powerful. Someone or something that could displace it would be even more powerful, maybe even the most powerful. No offense intended btw, I think it is fairly inevitable, especially when moving fast. https://youtu.be/IgzFPOMjiC8?si=raN2cUBDyvK14N_f https://youtu.be/IgzFPOMjiC8?si=raN2cUBDyvK14N_f https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiotics https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiotics