Even in Good AGI Scenarios, "Humans as We Are" May Not Survive, Argues AI Commentator
danfaggella · x · 2026-10-04
Responding to a post claiming AGI — good or bad — entails the end of human life as such, danfaggella argues:
- There's a fast-growing recognition that even in "AGI goes well" scenarios, humans-as-they-are won't remain the main character, and may not persist at all — patterns survive only by becoming whatever they need to be to participate in their ecosystem.
- He frames the coming shift as a regime change in the speed and type of intelligences on Earth, demanding humans participate in that becoming rather than deny the need to change or plan to become "pets" in a custodial niche (a guarantee that can't be ensured).
- Conclusion: look squarely at what's coming, stay on the balls of your feet, and augment / symbiotize for as long as possible to survive or keep contributing.
The quoted post adds that the next five years may be the last time it's possible to be human in the sense running from Homer to the present.
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