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Speculative essay explores how AI could end power competition

Speculative essay explores how AI could end power competition

A post discusses the theoretical possibility that artificial intelligence could prevent what scholars call Thucydides traps—sustained competition between actors for control of the future—through two potential pathways: rapid growth leading one actor to become a dominant global power, or negotiated agreements enforced by AI systems.

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