The 'baby dragon fallacy' assumes we can control superintelligence as it grows, but once AI becomes superintelligent, it will be fundamentally uncontrollable
Unlike a dragon we might train while it's small, AI systems undergo rapid capability jumps that make gradual control impossible. By the time we recognize the danger, the window for intervention has already closed.
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The Baby Dragon Fallacy: Why Gradual AI Control Is Impossible
The 'baby dragon fallacy' assumes we can control superintelligence as it grows, but once AI becomes superintelligent, it will be fundamentally uncontrollable