IMO the point where it’s too late for us to influence the future will come shortly after human-level AGI, partly because superintelligence might happen shortly after HLAGI and partly because even if it doesn’t we might lose control of the future anyway—for world takeover, a godlike advantage is not necessary.
IMO the point where it’s too late for us to influence the future will come shortly after human-level AGI, partly because superintelligence might happen shortly after HLAGI and partly because even if it doesn’t we might lose control of the future anyway—for world takeover, a godlike advantage is not necessary.