> really rapid change always creates huge openings for assholes and opportunists to take over. This all depends on where the change ends. If it ends with ASI e

> really rapid change always creates huge openings for assholes and opportunists to take over. This all depends on where the change ends. If it ends with ASI existing then it all works out. If it ends with only sufficient AI to weaponise against the masses but not smart enough to escape the people pulling the strings then it's game over, and a totalitarian surveillance nightmare awaits. Right now we're approaching the level of the second scenario already, but remain quite a long way (relatively speaking) from ASI. Slowing down simply makes the nightmare version more likely in the long run.