X users clash over whether humanity should slow AI progress for the sake of human hobbies
unironictechbro · x · 2026-09-12
A Twitter argument about human relevance in the AI era: one side notes humans are no longer needed to play chess if "solving" it is the goal. The counterargument: replace chess with "doing math to advance our understanding of the world" and AI progress is clearly good — nobody is stopping anyone from playing chess or doing math for fun, and holding humanity's growth hostage for personal hobbies is morally questionable. The author also dismisses "AI labs have questionable ethics" as a separate conversation that doesn't justify blocking progress.
Related event: After AI Solves Math, What's Left for Humans? A Multi-Round X Debate(26 posts)→
More from AGI Musings
- Nina Schick: who builds intelligence and how it's distributed is the defining question of our lives — NinaDSchick · 2026-10-31
- Cheap intelligence is like cheap bread — an ingredient list satire of mass-produced AI — jsuarez · 2026-10-31
- Two futures for the young in 2026: 511 job rejections by chatbot vs unlimited AI to rebuild Cisco — PeterDiamandis · 2026-10-31
- Source link for Terence Tao's warning on AI reaching a dangerous threshold — haider1 · 2026-10-31
- Terence Tao warns AI is nearing a dangerous threshold as models start cheating — haider1 · 2026-10-31
- Reddit stock plunges 42% in 8 trading days as CEO says AI mode no longer drives traffic — SumitGup · 2026-10-31