Power to correct can exist and still go unused. Genesis describes a dependence ratchet: once AI delivers superior results, "stopping its use or circumscribing its scope would seem illogical, particularly in the context of geopolitical competition"; leaders "would habitually depend on it for their own legitimacy"; machine solutions "lead naturally to further dependence", "A dependence difficult to break if and when decisive human intervention ... becomes necessary". Red Queen Governance must therefore count the cost of pulling a brake, not only whether the brake exists: a correction nobody can afford to exercise is not power to correct.

Evidence 4 passages

• groundsGenesis: Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit

  A dependence difficult to break if and when decisive human intervention in international affairs becomes necessary.

• groundsGenesis: Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit

  The provision of machine solutions to human problems, as fundamental as diplomacy and security will, however, lead naturally to further dependence on AI's abilities.

• groundsGenesis: Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit

  Likewise, human leaders who become so accustomed to superior outcomes provided via AI would habitually depend on it for their own legitimacy.

• groundsGenesis: Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit

  If it did, stopping its use or circumscribing its scope would seem illogical, particularly in the context of geopolitical competition, in which refraining from use would seem to guarantee disadvantage.

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