Rob LeClerc backs the case that AI could let humanity retake bigger risks thoughtfully
robleclerc · x · 2026-10-06
shiraeis argues that while superintelligence risks are real, capable AI will make experimenting with ideas outside your expertise nearly free — build small things, test stranger hypotheses, iterate, and end up pursuing ambitions you couldn't have articulated. Rob LeClerc endorses the framing, likening it to evolutionary biology's 'replaying the tape' thought experiment: AI may let humanity make more thoughtful decisions and take on bigger risks.
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