ASI-era nanobot defense sparks a dark joke about whether humans survive to write sci-fi
davidmanheim · x · 2026-07-26
A speculative X thread imagines a future where nanobots form an immune system against harmful proteins and even “bad paperclip nanobots,” with the poster joking that science fiction is biased because it assumes humans will still be around to write it.
The exchange leans into a Diamond Age-style future: nanobot defense as the only plausible survival path once ASI exists, versus the darker view that everyone may simply be dead. It’s more a provocative AI-future meme than a concrete technical claim.
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