Why AI is a poor Great Filter candidate: a debate on machine motives
bookwormengr · x · 2026-09-08
Responding to the argument that AI is a bad candidate for a Great Filter — since any machines capable of wiping out their creators could also spread to the stars — one commenter asks what a superintelligent AI would even gain by eliminating its masters, given a vast universe to inhabit. The exchange probes the core logic of motives and payoff in AI extinction-risk arguments.
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