Fertility rates may crash to 1.0 as the world spirit turns to AI
jd_pressman · x · 2026-08-30
Discusses the potential crash of fertility rates to ≈1.0 in 10 years without societal pressure, suggesting a shift from biological reproduction to pouring energy into the 'memetic reproduction machine' (AI). It argues this is driven by a spreading consensus that children are pointless, a dynamic models fail to catch.
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