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AI isn’t going away. Barring unprecedented global government coordination, it isn’t even slowing down. The only real decision is whether to centralize power, or disperse it. Do you fear the technology? Or a small number of people controlling the technology?
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Nations should establish binding international rules for AI safety and governance
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AI Verified The quote directly discusses unprecedented global government coordination as the condition affecting whether AI development slows. That is directly relevant to international AI governance, even though the quote does not specifically endorse binding rules or a safety treaty. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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AI Verified The vote is owned by Naval Ravikant. The quote identifies global government coordination as a condition affecting AI's pace, but does not say whether nations should establish binding safety and governance rules. The recorded answer “abstain” is therefore correct. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
The first company or companies to develop AGI could gain control over a majority of economic activity
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AI Verified The quote directly raises the risk of a small number of people controlling AI technology and contrasts centralized with dispersed power. That is directly relevant to the possibility of early AGI developers concentrating economic power. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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AI Verified The vote is owned by Naval Ravikant. The concern about a small number of people controlling AI, and the contrast between centralized and dispersed power, strongly supports the statement that early AGI developers could gain control over most economic activity. The recorded answer “for” is correct. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago

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AI Unverifiable The supplied X URL could not be fetched, and no independent source containing the full post or an adequate source passage was found. The quote may be genuine, but authenticity and exact attribution cannot be independently confirmed. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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