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Thermodynamic objection to fast takeoff

AI doom scenarios assume machines with unlimited compute, power, weapons and coordination, but a rogue AI operates under the same thermodynamic limits as everyone else; it requires energy, physical resources, chips and circuitry, so in practice you can turn off a misbehaving system by unplugging it, launching an EMP, or bombing it, which undercuts fast-takeoff arguments.

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Speaker

Marc Andreessen

Evidence Quote

let's say an ai goes rogue okay turn it off... there's lots of ways to turn off systems that aren't working

Source

324 - Debating The Future Of AiMaking Sense with Sam Harris
Created: 6/14/2026, 2:20:37 AM

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