How Synthetic Minds Will Become "Real"
ZeroStateReflex · x · 2026-07-18
This in-depth post opens with demographic context: global deaths from cardiovascular disease and cancer are around 18 million and 10 million respectively. Factoring in roughly 130 million annual births, the global population still nets an increase of 65 to 70 million people per year.
The author then shifts to future population and intelligence paradigms: What if humanity expands to 500 billion across multiple planets, or if large-scale cognitive tasks are handled by "synthetic minds"?
They mention seeing a demo where someone built an AI persona maker to test products beforehand. The conclusion is that humanity has long been preparing for "synthetic minds"; as long as the power stays on, these minds will experience themselves as real.
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