If AI Babysits Humans, Is There Any Point to Our Existence?
yeastsplainer · x · 2026-09-01
Part of a thread on AI and meaning: @mattinthecrown argues there's no reason to have humans around at all if AIs effectively babysit us — no point to existence in the end. @yeastsplainer responds that it's just fate: we're dogs tied to Zeno's wagon, forced to either trot alongside or get dragged.
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