EA Forum post questions whether human survival is net positive, draws mockery
zetalyrae · x · 2026-09-04
- An EA Forum post argues it "isn't clear" humanity continuing is positive in expectation: survival could mean spreading factory farming to the stars or creating suffering digital beings, and humanity's impact to date may be net negative given the scale of farmed-animal suffering.
- zetalyrae quote-tweeted the passage with just "lol", reflecting mainstream AI circles' pushback against this flavor of extreme impartial-welfarist reasoning.
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