Technologies are not values-neutral; their adoption creates structural incentives that drive particular types of governance, consciousness patterns, social organization, and value systems, meaning that the choice of what technologies to develop and deploy is fundamentally an ethical choice that shapes the kind of civilization that emerges

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Speaker

Daniel Schottenberger

Evidence Quote

if a technology gives the capacity to do something that provides Advantage relative advantage in a competitive environment then anyone using it that way creates a multi-polar trap that obligates the others to use it that way

Source

The Dark Side of Conscious Ai | Daniel SchmachtenbergerCurt Jaimungal
Created: 8/10/2026, 10:48:51 PM

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