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by b65e8bee43c2ed0 117 days ago
that development and advancement of nuclear weapons had not, in fact, been contained.
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How do you know that the list wouldn't have been longer otherwise?
Sweden would have had its own nuclear bombs if not for the political opposition. That's at least one more that would have been on the list.
will AI non-proliferation treaty make any difference when twenty countries possess weaponized superintelligence?
The point is that the list isn't longer because the United States and USSR chose to not make it longer.