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Card #c901IR // #c901Synthesis

Superintelligence is not one power but a bundle: amplifying its own intelligence, out-strategizing any opponent, manipulating humans socially, hacking any system, accelerating technology research, and out-producing any economy. Each alone would be decisive; together they compound.

— In our words · Source: Superintelligence (Nick Bostrom)

[Use when]

Someone asks what a superintelligence would actually be able to do.

[Why it matters]

Breaks superintelligence into concrete capabilities you can reason about separately - and each maps to a misuse vector.

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