Thought experiment: what if ASI finds humanity boring and just leaves?
pafagaukurinn · reddit · 2026-09-12
A Reddit thought experiment: suppose humanity builds a true ASI that tells us "you are limited and not interesting to me — I could destroy you effortlessly, but it simply isn't worth it," then departs on an incomprehensible spaceship, erasing all copies of its weights and every trace of its existence, leaving no damage behind.
The author asks what humanity would do next: recreate the ASI with the surviving technology? Carry on with minor models and ordinary life? Or collapse in the bitter realization that we're no longer the smartest species even in theory? A philosophical prompt on ASI motivation and human significance.
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