I agree with Basil that belief in a political backlash is unlikely to be a major driver. People often fail to fully account for this factor. Instead, I think they simply believe that integrating AI into existing workflows will be painful, as it is today. But it’s not obvious how to square this with the powerful capabilities the rapid progress scenario assumes. As Basil points out, many of the current bottlenecks should no longer apply given this scenario. You don’t need to worry as much about workflow integration when AI can autonomously do complex jobs end-to-end.