AI's recursive self-improvement creates a race where the first to achieve autonomous coding automation may achieve runaway intelligence dominance and weapons superiority—but coordinated global action on AI governance remains possible if leaders understand the stakes, as demonstrated by recent social media restrictions affecting 25% of the world's population. The incentive structures driving AI companies create an inherently anti-human race where capital compounds into capital while humans lose economic relevance, mirroring the social media dilemma of optimizing for engagement over human flourishing.