How can the middle powers avoid getting trounced during the intelligence explosion? A plan.

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Published on May 27, 2026 9:39 PM GMTSuperintelligence will likely be developed by US companies; run on US data centres; and be under the jurisdiction of the US government. This will massively boost US military power and make the US economically dominant (e.g. US producing 99% of world GDP). By default, middle powers will be left in the dust.How can middle powers avoid this fate? It’s tough, but here’s the best plan I could think of. (I’m particularly thinking about liberal democracies with infl...

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