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AI policy advisor Dean Ball argues superintelligence won't pose existential risk because it won't be omnipotent, but critics say this reasoning is flawed.

AI policy advisor Dean Ball argues superintelligence won't pose existential risk because it won't be omnipotent, but critics say this reasoning is flawed.

Dean Ball, former Senior Policy Advisor for AI at the Trump White House with 19k+ newsletter subscribers, disagrees that superintelligence poses existential danger to humanity

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