The analogy between AGI and nuclear weapons (expensive, controllable, limited to few states) versus internet (cheap, proliferative, benefits from widespread adoption) is useful for understanding scenario variation but imperfect.

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Gregory Smith

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is it more like nukes like it is expensive easily control... or is it more like the internet highly just built to proliferate... there's just a lot of reasons why it's valuable to proliferate it.

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A New Cold War, Rise of China and Global Chaos: How AI Will Rewrite Geopolitics | Gregory SmithDecoding Geopolitics Podcast with Dominik Presl
Created: 8/11/2026, 7:20:38 AM

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