Superintelligence hype today mirrors 1960s intergalactic travel predictions, says commenter
dbasch · x · 2026-09-13
dbasch argues that many people now view superintelligence the way futurists viewed intergalactic travel in the 1960s: perpetually just around the corner. He bets they will be as wrong as the futurists were, and that we will eventually hit a wall that is obvious only in hindsight.
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