AI Is More Like Our Descendants
sudoraohacker · x · 2026-07-16
Robin Hanson argues that the most crucial question when discussing AI is not viewing them as "alien invaders," but rather as "descendants" created by humans through natural selection and technological evolution.
He emphasizes that humans maintain two distinct attitudes toward "others": suspicion and competition toward coexisting peer groups, versus nurturing, protecting, and helping their descendants. If we view AI as "future inheritors," many of our judgments on how to treat and coexist with AI will fundamentally shift.
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