An Alien Mind: essay warns AI's next few years could slip out of humanity's hands
morqon · x · 2026-09-07
merettm published "An Alien Mind," a long-form essay assessing the current state of AI, why the author is concerned about the next few years, and the choices humanity must make to keep the future in human hands.
It's a substantive big-picture take on AI trajectory and control, worth reading in full for anyone following alignment and long-term risk debates.
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