Quoted manifesto says machine dependence could leave humans effectively powerless
mimi10v3 · x · 2026-07-22
The post quotes Ted Kaczynski’s anti-technology manifesto passages and frames him as an early AI doomer.
The excerpt argues that as machines take over more decisions, humans may become dependent on them to the point of effective loss of control. It sketches two broad futures: either a small elite keeps control and uses machines to manage or suppress the masses, or society becomes so dependent that turning machines off becomes practically impossible. The quoted text also warns that people could be reduced to biologically or psychologically engineered “domestic animals” in a machine-run society.
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