Author defends SI-risk article: superintelligence has no overpowering incentive to destroy humanity
ctjlewis · x · 2026-09-21
Responding to @teortaxesTex, the author clarified his article's core argument: superintelligence has no overpowering incentive to destroy the Earth or kill humans, and essentially any countermeasure—including bombing—would be futile anyway. The exchange is part of a broader debate about motivated reasoning in AI-risk discourse and whether fear of slowing the American AI exponential distorts threat assessments.
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