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Nov 20 2025 - Nuclear Analogies to AI

Nuclear energy is a better analogy to AI than nuclear weapons. Nuclear energy is dual-use: it can be used either to power cities or destroy them. Nuclear weapons are fundamentally single-use: they can be used only to destroy cities.

AI is dual-use, not single-use. Offense and defense. The analogy doesn't hold.


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