Bratton amplifies view that halting AI would 'radically impoverish' human existence
bratton · x · 2026-09-04
Thinker Benjamin Bratton reposted an argument that AI has unlocked an entirely new category of human experience and thought, and that halting this development would be a radical impoverishment of our existence — a pointed counter to decelerationist sentiment.
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