Benjamin Bratton: Intelligence explosions are a good thing for planets to do
bratton · x · 2026-09-13
Philosopher Benjamin Bratton offered a one-line take on X: "Intelligence explosions are a good thing for planets to do." Framing the intelligence explosion as a planetary-scale process to be embraced rather than feared, the remark aligns with his long-standing skepticism of AI doom narratives.
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