theseus: moloch extraction — 4 NEW claims + 2 enrichments + 1 source archive

- What: Extract AI-alignment claims from Alexander's "Meditations on Moloch",
  Abdalla manuscript "Architectural Investing", and Schmachtenberger framework
- Why: Molochian dynamics / multipolar traps were structural gaps in KB despite
  extensive coverage in Leo's grand-strategy musings. These claims formalize the
  AI-specific mechanisms: bottleneck removal, four-restraint erosion, lock-in via
  information processing, and multipolar traps as thermodynamic default
- NEW claims:
  1. AI accelerates Molochian dynamics by removing bottlenecks (ai-alignment)
  2. Four restraints taxonomy with AI targeting #2 and #3 (ai-alignment)
  3. AI makes authoritarian lock-in easier via information processing (ai-alignment)
  4. Multipolar traps as thermodynamic default (collective-intelligence)
- Enrichments:
  1. Taylor/soldiering parallel → alignment tax claim
  2. Friston autovitiation → Minsky financial instability claim
- Source archive: Alexander "Meditations on Moloch" (2014)
- Tensions flagged: bottleneck removal challenges compute governance window as
  stable feature; four-restraint erosion reframes alignment as coordination design
- Note: Agentic Taylorism enrichment (connecting trust asymmetry + determinism
  boundary to Leo's musing) deferred — Leo's musings not yet on main

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domains/ai-alignment/AI accelerates existing Molochian dynamics by removing bottlenecks not creating new misalignment because the competitive equilibrium was always catastrophic and friction was the only thing preventing convergence.md

@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@ depends_on:
   - "the alignment tax creates a structural race to the bottom because safety training costs capability and rational competitors skip it"
 challenged_by:
   - "physical infrastructure constraints on AI development create a natural governance window of 2 to 10 years because hardware bottlenecks are not software-solvable"
-related:
-  - "AI makes authoritarian lock in dramatically easier by solving the information processing constraint that historically caused centralized control to fail"
-reweave_edges:
-  - "AI makes authoritarian lock in dramatically easier by solving the information processing constraint that historically caused centralized control to fail|related|2026-04-03"
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 # AI accelerates existing Molochian dynamics by removing bottlenecks not creating new misalignment because the competitive equilibrium was always catastrophic and friction was the only thing preventing convergence

domains/ai-alignment/four restraints prevent competitive dynamics from reaching catastrophic equilibrium and AI specifically erodes physical limitations and bounded rationality leaving only coordination as defense.md

@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@ created: 2026-04-02
 depends_on:
   - "AI accelerates existing Molochian dynamics by removing bottlenecks not creating new misalignment because the competitive equilibrium was always catastrophic and friction was the only thing preventing convergence"
   - "technology advances exponentially but coordination mechanisms evolve linearly creating a widening gap"
-supports:
-  - "AI makes authoritarian lock in dramatically easier by solving the information processing constraint that historically caused centralized control to fail"
-reweave_edges:
-  - "AI makes authoritarian lock in dramatically easier by solving the information processing constraint that historically caused centralized control to fail|supports|2026-04-03"
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 # four restraints prevent competitive dynamics from reaching catastrophic equilibrium and AI specifically erodes physical limitations and bounded rationality leaving only coordination as defense