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title: "Durable asymmetry: what it means · The AI Compute Race · DRYBURGH"
source: https://dryburgh.com/vol1/glossary/durable-asymmetry
description: "Durable asymmetry: A lead kept long enough to compound."
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# Durable asymmetry

What does “Durable asymmetry” mean?

Durable asymmetryA lead kept long enough to compound. The wager rests on it, by one of two routes, exclusivity of the model or superiority of the machine around it. *The Introduction.*

From *The AI Compute Race*. [Read the book](https://dryburgh.com/vol1#buy)

The book uses this term in a sense of its own.

Defined in [Chapter 1 — The Stakes](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/notes/chapter-1).

## Also discussed in

- Chapter notes [Chapter 1 — The Stakes](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/notes/chapter-1)

## Related terms

- [Superiority of the machine](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/glossary/superiority-of-the-machine)
- [Exclusivity of the model](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/glossary/exclusivity-of-the-model)

From the glossary of The AI Compute Race.

- [Campuses](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/ledger)
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- [Scorecard](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/scorecard)
- [Data](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/data/releases)
- [Chapter by chapter](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/companion)
- [The record at a glance](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/observatory)
- [The machine](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/machine)
- [One campus, four futures](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/hyperion)
- [Glossary](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/glossary)
- [People](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/people)
- [Sources](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/sources)
- [Notes](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/notes)
- [Where the book was wrong](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/corrections)
- [Where its sources were wrong](https://dryburgh.com/corrections?book=vol1)
- [The Paper](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/paper)
- [Consent](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/consent)
- [Who builds and pays](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/parties)

*The AI Compute Race: Five Races, One Machine* is a book by Lee S. Dryburgh, the first volume of THE COMPUTE ECONOMY, published by Dryburgh, an imprint of Contestra OÜ, Tallinn, Estonia; its record closes on 8 November 2026.

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