Superintelligence by 2050: a pros/cons list for a world of AGI and a billion robots
mickeyxfriedman · x · 2026-09-08
On Labor Day, William Bryk argues it's the first such holiday where a future without necessary human labor feels tangible, walking through his emotional cycle of excitement, fear and meaninglessness. He sketches 2050 with superintelligence surpassing all humanity combined, a billion humanoid robots, and near-unlimited building capacity given compute and energy — then lays out a pros/cons list where the bad scenario means extreme power concentrated in 10 tech firms controlling compute, and asks whether humans will retain any value.
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