AGI is a general-purpose technology that can be applied across any domain (health, policy, electronics, defense), meaning that even if AGI development is centralized, pressure to deploy it across all sectors will be enormous and difficult to resist
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Gregory SmithEvidence Quote
“AGI is a general purpose technology in that it can be like AI plus something else like add any domain... even if both sides develop it, I expect there'll be pretty strong incentives to deploy it very widely”
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A New Cold War, Rise of China and Global Chaos: How AI Will Rewrite Geopolitics | Gregory Smith— Decoding Geopolitics Podcast with Dominik PreslCreated: 8/11/2026, 7:20:38 AM
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