Pray for Chaos

The author argues that the more hopeful of two possible AI outcomes is chaos rather than order, because order could let whoever controls capable models entrench the status quo. Chaos is described as likely to bring decentralization, with centralized systems proving too vulnerable to cyberattacks, along with botted media, self-replicating AI and corrupted archives. The author also says that bots are already hard to distinguish from humans and that many people's life plans may already be obsolete.