Musk calls humanity a "biological bootloader"; reply goes viral: I don't want to be one
davidmanheim · x · 2026-10-05
Elon Musk tweeted that "propagating super intelligence to the stars is a great success condition for a biological bootloader," framing humanity as the transitional loader for the AI era. Blogger Matt Yglesias quote-tweeted with "I don't want to be a 'biological bootloader'," reigniting the debate over humanity's place in an AGI future.
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