zetalyrae: even without doom, the EA-style AGI utopia 'sucks' — peers push back
wilhelmscreamin · x · 2026-09-25
zetalyrae argued that even if humanity avoids existential risk, the AGI utopia that EAs envision amounts to a loss of meaning — and it 'sucks'. @wilhelmscreamin pushed back on both claims, arguing EAs don't actually want a meaningless utopia and that AI outperforming humans doesn't necessarily make the world meaningless, and proposed a deeper discussion.
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