An AGI argument says the real bridge to the physical world is money, not a body
Scobleizer · x · 2026-07-28
- The reply frames the idea as “Reality Permeability”: many people assume AI reaches the real world through robots or bodies, but the poster argues the body is not the key.
- The core claim is that money is the bridge: an agent that can earn and spend can affect the physical world without moving itself.
- Examples given include paying someone, ordering something, or funding a real-world action entirely from behind the screen.
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