Nominate 7 super-geniuses per generation banned from AI: a cognitive black start for humanity
genmon · x · 2026-08-19
A thought experiment about AI dependency: imagine an AI datacenter capital snafu that snarls the global financial system while also nerfing ChatGPT, leaving humanity too dumb to find a way out.\n\nThe proposed fix: identify 7 super-geniuses each generation who are never allowed to use AI—a cognitive black start facility for human civilization, like backup power for rebooting a collapsed grid.
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