A singularity post argues people want AGI because human change feels exhausted
SydSteyerhart · x · 2026-07-29
The post argues that people are drawn to the Singularity because they feel society has become spiritually dead and “all too human” efforts at change have failed.
It frames AGI/singularity thinking as a kind of liberation fantasy: a way to escape recurring human cycles rather than another incremental reform.
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