Plan A Off-Ramp • 2035Operationalized Benchmark QuestionTrack: alternate_fork

2035 Off-Ramp: Governance Drift & Multipolar Quota Disputes

Disputes over global compute quotas and dividend distribution fracture the 2035 pause coalition into competing regional blocs.

Implied Marginal
2.8%
Human Community
9.6%
Gemini Agent
9.8%
Claude Agent
10.4%
Scenario & Reality Verification
As dozens of global companies and secondary nations approach the top-expert frontier in 2035, disagreements over compute allocation cause partial defections from the unified Plan A framework.
Verification Note: Models coalition fragmentation during the 2035 pause transition.
Operationalized Forecast Question (exclusive_branch)Horizon: 2036-12-31

Will multipolar quota disputes fracture the Plan A coalition in 2035?

Resolution Criteria: Resolves YES if major regional powers withdraw from the 2035 expert-level cap.

Source: AI 2040 Framework (ai-2040.com) & Public Benchmarks•Adjudicator: FutureGraph Adjudication Committee
Top Upvoted Arguments (1 Arguments)
for@ScottAlexander(Scott Alexander (Astral Codex Ten))Astral Codex Ten / AI 2040
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Holding an international capability ceiling at Top-Expert AI for 5 full years faces a 14% 'Governance Drift' risk from regulatory capture and commercial lobbying.

Once Top-Expert AI is generating trillions of dollars in biotech and engineering value without obvious catastrophes for 2–3 years, politicians and corporate lobbyists will argue the existential risk warnings were overblown—creating a 14% risk of premature, unverified unpausing.

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