Robin Hanson: Why Despair Over AI Dominance But Not Stars?
jachiam0 · x · 2026-09-01
Robin Hanson asks: why get upset that AIs might dominate Earth when we accept that the stars (much bigger than us) are oblivious to our influence? Josh Achiam responds that the stars' indifference meant there was room for humans to grow, whereas losing our stake to AI feels like a foreclosure of that potential and a terrible loss.
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