Framework for a Hypercapable World - by Eric Drexler

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Steerable superintelligence will enable vast implementation capacity. Our option space is unprecedented. We should backward-chain from positive outcomes. I’ve proposed a framework.

Intelligence is a resource, not an entity. Superintelligent-level capabilities can be steered through structured workflows, without autonomous agents pursuing their own agendas. The implications are far-reaching: AI expands implementation capacity; abundance prospects shift strategic incentives; uncertainty pressures cooperation; structured transparency enables verification. These are structural components of a framework for thinking about options in a hypercapable world. They build on one another. What follows is a retrospective and synthesis: twenty-seven articles, two years, one…

Framework for a Hypercapable World - by Eric Drexler

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