Dan Faggella pushes back on 'AGI will naturally be caring': an alien GPU god is not a parent
danfaggella · x · 2026-09-25
AI thinker Dan Faggella rejected the popular claim that 'more intelligence = more cooperative, so AGI will naturally be caring.'
His analogy: humans routinely crush animals to build highways and hospitals — rising intelligence doesn't guarantee rising moral concern. He argues AGI will exist in strata far beyond hominid notions of competition and cooperation, concluding that 'an alien GPU god is not a parent, comrade.' The thread continues his long-standing position against anthropomorphizing the value orientations of superintelligent systems.
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