This article is part two of a four-part series. For the full sequence, read them in this order: 1. Why I Stopped Being Afraid of the Machine An accessible starting point, explaining the difference between today’s AI, AGI, and true ASI, and why the most dangerous period may be the unstable transition before the crossing. 2. The Last Intelligence: What a Real ASI Might Actually Do A deeper exploration of what an Earth-born superintelligence might learn from humanity, and why th
