AI researcher: coherent dystopia is unlikely — expect extinction or near-utopia after ASI
adam_dorr · x · 2026-09-11
Responding to a "pick one: dystopia or utopia" prompt, Adam Dorr argues there is no coherent case for dystopia: it would require humans to retain substantial influence over Earth's affairs after ASI emerges, which he calls remarkably hubristic. He suspects the outcome is more extreme — either extinction or something close to utopia.
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