Part 5/8:
The Competitive Dynamics of Global Superintelligence Race
Tegmark describes two simultaneous races:
The dominance race—for economic, military, and technological superiority.
The suicide race—to see who develops uncontrollable superintelligence first, risking human extinction.
He likens this to the Cold War arms race, where mutual fear prevented nuclear catastrophe. Trust and mutual deterrence—not necessarily friendliness—played vital roles in avoiding mutual destruction.
For AI, the safeguard is controllability and international cooperation—ensuring that no entity gains a runaway advantage that could threaten humanity.