About whether an AGI arms race makes nuclear war or violence more likely.
Has this happened?
Yes 4 (3%)Not sure 12 (9%)No 120 (88%)
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
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About whether an AGI arms race makes nuclear war or violence more likely.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
Cold comfort: AGI will not genocide humanity until it can plausibly automate logistics from mining raw materials to building out compute and power generation.