Ecology beats theology: imagining AI futures as webs of agents, not a single AGI
dioscuri · x · 2026-09-15
The author argues that many AI futures feel monolithic or theological — a single AGI (mis)aligned with us. Ecology offers a better image: webs of agents large and small, in mutualistic, parasitic, and predatory relationships with each other and with us, generating emergent complexity.
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