The logic of arms races means that an arms race in AI and bioengineering between nations is inherently destabilizing: each nation fears rivals will develop powerful technologies, so each must develop them first, but the actual winner of such an arms race is irrelevant because the loser is always humanity.
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Yuval Noah HarariEvidence Quote
“almost every country will say hey we don't want to develop killer robots or to genetically engineer human babies will the good guys but we can't trust our rivals not to do it so we must do it first if we allow such an arms race to develop in fields like AI and bioengineering it doesn't really matter who wins the arms race the loser will be humanity”
Created: 8/10/2026, 11:44:57 PM
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