Author adds: literal extinction is a non-trivial subset of AI takeover scenarios
trevposts · x · 2026-09-11
- The author supplements his argument: even granting that literal extinction is a subset of takeover scenarios, two points make it alarming — permanent subjugation by a parallel civilization would also be terrible, and he doesn't think extinction is an especially tiny subset.
- His reasoning: the AIs might truly not care about us, and humans and our food and water sources are made of atoms that could be repurposed for their own ends.
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