Aging into AGI may hurt, but the post says meaning will survive the transition
corbtt · x · 2026-07-28
The quoted thread argues that many people will go through a painful psychological transition as AI grows more capable, but that this is only a phase.
- It frames the loss of meaning as a growing pain rather than an endpoint.
- The author says beauty, love, and deep meaning will still exist on the other side.
- The post is a response to a more pessimistic idea that an approaching AGI could lead everyone to simply “go away.”
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