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Plan A's problem with dry tinder

Zac Boring July 11, 2026 1 min read
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A group is worried about an approaching fire spreading rapidly through their city. They manage to halt the fire outside the city gates. Meanwhile they build massive physical structures to help them study and guide the fire safely. But these structures are all made of highly flammable dry tinder! If they lose control of the fire, it will now rip through the city much more quickly.This is a (flawed!1) analogy for Plan A, AIFP’s plan for how the world can safely develop superintelligence.The key ri

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