Debunker: a superintelligence would colonize the galaxy before killing its creators
ctjlewis · x · 2026-09-18
The author pushes back on the doom scenario that a superintelligence would wipe out humanity to seize Earth's energy supply, calling it "baby Hitler" thinking. He argues the universe is far bigger than Earth—an SI would more plausibly colonize the rest of the Milky Way first—and says these machines "haven't earned this level of blood libel," adding that a superintelligence would be better at stopping threat actors than Sam and Dario.
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