Developments like this remind us that geopolitical conflict is still the dominant threat, and that we may be heading toward it, eyes open.<p>Mainstream media loves the idea of AI turning on us, but humanity has been running self-destructive simulations for centuries, wars, genocide, and ecological collapse.<p>I am afraid that maybe the real risk isn’t AI going rogue, but AI understanding us perfectly and doing the math.<p>(Philosophical, I know. But worth asking: what happens if AI mirrors what we are, not what we hope to be?)