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A paper claiming AGI via ML is impossible using complexity theory has been rebutted by a new paper showing the proof is flawed due to an undefined key term.
This essay argues that civilization is at a structurally dangerous inflection point analogous to a rocket at maximum dynamic pressure, where AI, weapons, resource depletion, and institutional fragility converge — and that the appropriate response is to accelerate rather than throttle down intelligence and complexity. It frames cosmic and civilizational evolution as a staged sequence of diminishing free-energy gradients, positioning humanity as a potentially unique carrier of complexity in the observable universe.