Lobbying in DC to Ban Superintelligence: AI Revives Old Sci-Fi Dreams
erikphoel · x · 2026-09-16
A retweet-plus-quote thread centered on the debate over banning superintelligence and recursive self-improvement.
- The original author, HansBaer17, argues that humanity will cure cancer, colonize space, and make progress along every dimension; these fields attract vast capital and intellectual energy, and AI's success has made the old sci-fi dreams credible again.
- He adds that even with a ban on superintelligence and recursive self-improvement, humans would remain the main characters of those future stories, with AIs as sidekicks.
- The quoter, erikphoel, says he is in DC that day lobbying for a ban on superintelligence and links an essay explaining why.
The thread captures the debate between AI optimists and supporters of a superintelligence ban over where the technology is heading and what role humans will play.
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