By Strong Default, ASI Will End Liberal Democracy

The existence of liberal democracy—with rule of law, constraints on government power, and enfranchised citizens—relies on a balance of power where individual bad actors can’t do too much damage. Artificial superintelligence (ASI), even if it’s aligned, would end that balance by default. Cross-posted to LessWrong and the EA Forum . It is not a question of who develops ASI. Whether the first ASI is…