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by mullingitover 147 days ago
The thing is, either some country is going to be the world's referee, or we're going to descend into a lot of regional conflicts with a million dead here, ten million dead there, forever, or we will see rampant nuclear proliferation.

My money is on the last possibility. Honestly that might be the best outcome, even if it's the riskiest. A nuclear-armed Ukraine never would've been invaded. A nuclear-armed Taiwan will never be invaded. A nuclear-armed Canada will never be invaded. At this point, honestly I'd heartily endorse giving Denmark a nuclear triad of their own.

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> even if it's the riskiest Future ancient history: How one loose screw ended the anthropocene.

We may fare better with super intelligent AGI as the ultimate referee. It is developed with similar urgency as nuclear weapons were after all.