Reddit post argues superintelligent AI should never control critical infrastructure
VegetableAd8024 · reddit · 2026-07-24
The author argues that if superintelligent AI ever arrives, society should prohibit it from directly controlling essential infrastructure such as power grids, water systems, hospitals, transport, manufacturing, finance, or military command.
- AI can monitor systems, analyze data, detect failures, and recommend actions.
- But the final operation should remain with humans and independent infrastructure.
- The core argument is resilience: society should be able to disconnect AI without collapsing.
- The post also claims that intelligence alone is not physical power unless humans deliberately connect AI to the systems that run civilization.
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