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type: "term"
title: "AI / AGI / ASI (Positioning in TLCTC)"
description: "Artificial Intelligence, Artificial General Intelligence, and Artificial Super Intelligence occupy three distinct roles in the TLCTC framework: As an IT system: AI is exposed to the same 10 threat clusters as any other IT system (software + hardware)."
resource: "tlctc:term:ai-agi-asi-positioning-in-tlctc"
tags:
  - "glossary"
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# AI / AGI / ASI (Positioning in TLCTC)

Artificial Intelligence, Artificial General Intelligence, and Artificial Super Intelligence occupy three distinct roles in the TLCTC framework:

- **As an IT system:** AI is exposed to the same 10 threat clusters as any other IT system (software + hardware).
- **As a tool:** AI enhances the capabilities of both threat actors AND defenders.
- **As AGI/ASI:** Would become a powerful threat actor OR defender in its own right.

AI systems do not create new threat clusters — they are subject to the existing 10 clusters and may amplify their exploitation.

**Reference:** V1.9.1 Clarifications

**Related reading:** [GTIG AI Threat Tracker (May 2026) — TLCTC](https://www.tlctc.net/gtig-ai-threat-tracker-2026.html), [MITRE ATLAS × TLCTC integration](https://www.tlctc.net/tlctc-mitre-ai.html), [MITRE ATT&CK for ML (AML) × TLCTC](https://www.tlctc.net/tlctc-mitre-aml-mapping.html), [NIST AI RMF + MITRE ATLAS × TLCTC](https://www.tlctc.net/tlctc-nist-ai-rmf-mitre-cti.html), [Agentic AI as consequence amplifier (right side of Bow-Tie)](https://www.tlctc.net/tlctc-agentic-ai-consequences.html), [Agentic AI under the microscope — TLCTC](https://www.tlctc.net/tlctc-agentic-ai-microscope.html), [Quantum & AI — new magic, same 10 threats](https://www.tlctc.net/tlctc-quantum-ai-velocity.html), [AI conversation deep dive on TLCTC](https://www.tlctc.net/blog-tlctc-ai-conversation-from-scratch.html), [Grok AI 4.1 — independent TLCTC validation](https://www.tlctc.net/tlctc-grok-ai-validation.html), [G7 SBOM-for-AI — control fixation critique](https://www.tlctc.net/sbom-for-ai-control-fixation.html), [The Commit Is the CVE — silent fixes & the patch-gap collapse](https://www.tlctc.net/silent-fix-window.html), [Emerging technologies as threat enablers](https://www.tlctc.net/tlctc-emerging-tech-radar.html), [TLCTC v2.1 AI analysis prompt — teach any LLM](https://www.tlctc.net/tlctc-ai-analysis-prompt.html)