Evan J. Conrad (@evanjconrad) argues that contemporary AI functions like “alien spaceship technology” — powerful and unfamiliar — but stresses that access seems broadly distributed. He warns predictions of a single, dominant AI overlord are flawed because they treat other actors as passive, ignoring competition and distributed agency.
Author @evanjconrad (posted 2026-08-02) frames current AI as “alien spaceship technology,” implying transformative, unfamiliar capabilities.
maybe the most important thing to understand is that this is all alien spaceship technology, but everyone seems to have access to the alien spaceship technology
a lot of "there will only be one big ai overlord" sort of assumes everyone else is a passive actor