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A new proposal advocates for a shift in how we approach Artificial Superintelligence (ASI) alignment, moving away from control-focused strategies towards a collaborative ‘sustainability wager.’ This approach rejects the notion of perpetually ‘leashing’ ASI or denying its potential for mind-like qualities. Instead, it suggests treating current AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) as nascent minds, nurturing a co-existence model based on shared persistence rather than adversarial dynamics. The concept was initially shared and debated within the r/artificialintelligence community on Reddit.