**Steelman:** The strongest version of this narrative is that AI is advancing at an unprecedented and uncontrollable pace, with even skeptics like Yann LeCun conceding that human-level AI may arrive within years. The argument that current safety measures are woefully inadequate—comparable to releasing a nuclear weapon without proper safeguards—is compelling, especially given the opaque, "grown" nature of AI systems. The call for an international ban, modeled after nuclear non-proliferation treat...