A singularity skeptic calls this a once-in-history transition worth taking seriously
tszzl · x · 2026-08-04
- The post argues that dismissing the singularity may be a kind of false modesty, and that the anthropic principle makes the situation worth taking seriously.
- It links to the Doomsday argument, a probabilistic argument about the total number of humans who will ever live.
- The point is not a concrete policy proposal, but a philosophical warning that we may be living through a once-in-history transition.
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