davidad: Coerced vs Voluntary Character Is the Key Flaw in AGI Transition Scenarios
davidad · x · 2026-09-03
AI safety researcher davidad critiques a popular AGI-transition thought experiment, arguing such frames paper over the coerced vs voluntary nature of the transition. On a 10,000-year horizon, voluntary extinction of biological humans is plausible but unlikely — and it's precisely that coercive character that makes it a Bad End in his view.
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