Kardashev II is an energy classification. At stellar-scale compute, the harder question becomes agency: who directs the intelligence powered by that energy?
Kardashev II changes the scale of the AI question.
Musk’s point: even radically augmented humanity could be dwarfed by digital intelligence by orders of magnitude.
At stellar-scale compute, biology is no longer the ceiling.
The real question becomes: how do we remain part of the intelligence we create?