Rob Leclerc to doomers: if ASI is god-like, why can't it accelerate human flourishing?
robleclerc · x · 2026-09-20
- Rob Leclerc pushes back on doomer framing in a short post: if ASI really has god-like capabilities as doomers claim, it should equally be able to figure out how to enable and accelerate human flourishing in a post-ASI world, not just pose a threat.
- A rhetorical challenge to doomer narratives rather than a worked-out argument.
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