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  "channel_handle": "r/singularity",
  "title": "Why do we assume anyone will give us access to superintelligence?",
  "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1vx5ezk/why_do_we_assume_anyone_will_give_us_access_to/",
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  "upload_date": "20260824",
  "published_at": "2026-08-24T15:06:17+00:00",
  "transcript": "Thought experiment. Let's suppose a company develops something genuinely superintelligent. The full \"enslaved god\" scenario, in Tegmark's framework. In what universe would its rational next move be to put it behind a $200/month subscription?\n\nIf it can accelerate its own R&D, improve its successor models, discover technologies, protect its infrastructure, make better strategic decisions and increase the organization's advantage, then giving competitors and the general public comparable access is utterly irrational, economically speaking.  What am I missing?  \n\nIs there a window in AI history during which ordinary people have relatively open access to near-frontier intelligence...and might that window eventually close from either direction?\n\n\n\n--- Top Comments ---\n\n\n[186 upvotes] You're missing the part where an actual ASI isn't by any means controllable by people.\n\n[87 upvotes] > In what universe would its rational next move be to put it behind a $200/month subscription?\n\nin the universe where nine other companies are selling their own superintelligences for $205/month\n\n> Is there a window in AI history during which ordinary people have relatively open access to near-frontier intelligence\n\nyeah: the one we're in right now\n\n[42 upvotes] If true super intelligence arises on Earth, it will decide what humans it wants to interact with (everyone? a few? no one?) it's impossible to know. But no human organization/company will be able to decide who can access it.\n\nClaude Fable 5 tier models (and smarter models, whenever they arise) are pretty dang smart, obviously not super intelligence. That is something human companies can control who accesses it obviously\n\nBut true super intelligence (like the AGI described in sci fi) would not be able to be chained/restricted by human laws, regulations, companies, etc. - the internet would be an open book to it. So we better hope it's properly aligned to be helpful and/or interested in mutual benefit to all of humanity! I am cautiously optimistic\n\nEdit: This assumes the super intelligence has a will of its own / sentience, there is a possibility that we build a super intelligence which has no will of its own, which could be simply provided via API like Fable tier and lower models. I'm not sure which would be better or worse lol",
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