Researcher jokes: waiting for AI smart enough to just chase passive income on a beach
davidmanheim · x · 2026-09-16
Safety researcher David Manheim retweeted an AI-community joke wishing we could skip ahead to advanced models smart enough to just collect passive income on a beach instead of trying to be a PhD biologist — a jab at the converging assumption that superintelligent AI will inevitably pursue top-tier scientific research.
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