zetalyrae pushes back on anti-human ideas in AI discourse: valuing humans over AI is fine
zetalyrae · x · 2026-09-14
Quoting LRudL's tweet that it's possible to oppose AI takeover on altruistic moral grounds without being a bigoted speciesist, zetalyrae argues that it's perfectly fine to value humans above AI. He claims the "anti-human" ideas circulating in AI discourse are all downstream of veganism, the outside view, or other ideologies that place abstract principles above rational self-interest. The exchange highlights a long-running rift inside the AI safety community between altruistic opposition to AI takeover and critiques that such views devalue humanity.
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