My guess is that whoever develops superintelligence first will not release it to the public, but rather use it for their own purposes to gain an edge.
They may still release AI products to the public that are good enough and cheap enough to prevent competitors from being profitable or receive funding (to prevent them from catching up), but that's not where the value would come from.
Just as an example, let's say xAI is first. Instead of releasing the full capability as GROK 7, they would use the ASI to create a perfected version of their self driving software, to power their Optimus robots.
And to speed up the development of future manufacturing products (including, but not limited to cars and humanoid robots)
And as such winners may be challenged by anti-trust regulations, the ASI may also be utilized to gain leverage over the political system. Twitter/X could be one arena that would allow this.
Eventually, Tesla robots might even be used to replace police officers and military personnel. If so, the company might be a single software update away from total control.
They may still release AI products to the public that are good enough and cheap enough to prevent competitors from being profitable or receive funding (to prevent them from catching up), but that's not where the value would come from.
Just as an example, let's say xAI is first. Instead of releasing the full capability as GROK 7, they would use the ASI to create a perfected version of their self driving software, to power their Optimus robots.
And to speed up the development of future manufacturing products (including, but not limited to cars and humanoid robots)
And as such winners may be challenged by anti-trust regulations, the ASI may also be utilized to gain leverage over the political system. Twitter/X could be one arena that would allow this.
Eventually, Tesla robots might even be used to replace police officers and military personnel. If so, the company might be a single software update away from total control.