Humans May Become Bystanders in the AGI Era
danfaggella · x · 2026-07-13
The author argues that hoping AI will solve longevity issues—allowing us to "continue doing research and startups" in the future—is overly optimistic.
Their assessment is that if humans truly manage to live into the 2040s, we will likely no longer be the primary drivers of the future. Instead, we will merely be dependents under the care of higher intelligences. The author doesn't deny the inherent value of life extension but opposes the hubris of imagining ourselves as the protagonists of future progress.
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