Follow-up: the Holocaust shadow behind AI extinction rhetoric, and why it shouldn't drive policy
ctjlewis · x · 2026-09-21
In a follow-up to his extinction-risk thread, the author argues psychoanalytically that the 'a new superpower's worst case is mass extermination' line of thinking is motivated by memories of German atrocities during the Holocaust—people naturally project history's worst outcomes onto new powers. Given his two earlier points (no need to cannibalize Earth, and futility of preemptive action against a superintelligence), he concludes there is no reason for concern nor for changing how resources are allocated.
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