Viral AI doomer dialogue: 'Nothing human makes it out of the near future'
SydSteyerhart · x · 2026-10-04
A deadpan exchange circulating in AI circles: 'Nothing human makes it out of the near future.' — 'Man is defined as mortal, last time I checked.' The punchline: 'Apocalyptic superintelligence wants you to think' literally, and 'Something has videogames.' Doom-laden AGI discourse packaged as British-style gallows humor.
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