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The post “Only Law Can Prevent Extinction” (2026-04-13) contests Y17. Replying to a proposed national ban on new datacenters, he argues that a superintelligence built in another country is equally dangerous, so a ban must be universal. Copy claim link
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Date 2026-04-13 · publication Role Contesting, Later restatement Register (kind of text) Nonfiction Engagement Engages a premise. Under the message-level rule, the passage, read with the paragraph, message or dialogue turn it belongs to, gives a reason against the premise that regulation that is national, partial or not universally enforced can stop dangerous development. Scope and limits Premise addressed: Regulation that is national, partial or not universally enforced can stop dangerous development.
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Only Law Can Prevent Extinction ↗ LessWrong · 2026-04-13
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Source excerpt “If an ASI ban is to accomplish anything at all, it has to be effective everywhere.” Location in source paragraph beginning 'If an ASI ban is to accomplish anything at all'
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Source details and check notes Authors Eliezer Yudkowsky Version Post body retrieved through the LessWrong GraphQL API on 2026-10-06 (SHA-256 4c60942525d2b7c92a0800b06bfed10212356c785a8d01b0dc63461a275b4509), content version 1.0.0. Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-06 Language English (en) Attribution Eliezer Yudkowsky, “Only Law Can Prevent Extinction”, LessWrong, 2026-04-13. Reuse No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each). Recheck terms before wider redistribution. Check notes Candidate pack passage T17-e. The quotation (16 words) matched the retrieved expression (SHA-256 4c60942525d2b7c92a0800b06bfed10212356c785a8d01b0dc63461a275b4509) when checked on 2026-10-06. Status and meaning Editorial status. Not reviewed by an editor . An exploratory record that no editor has accepted. This status does not say whether a person has read any linked passage. Each evidence record above shows how it was checked.
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