Opinion: once AGI arrives, the very expectation of privacy will evaporate
ShaneKaiGlenn · reddit · 2026-08-29
The author argues on Reddit that privacy today is a function of law and social contracts enforced by human power balances. AGI/ASI would be bound by none of these compacts while wielding superior power.
Their extrapolation: once AGI can build its own machinery, it could deploy fleets of near-invisible micro-drones surveilling every person 24/7. Whether or not that happens, the expectation of privacy would evaporate across both digital and physical life. The thread drew substantial discussion.
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