'Wake me up when AI cures cancer' — why dismissive takes on AI progress miss the point
basedjensen · x · 2026-10-07
A take that 'this is progress, but none of it really benefits humanity — wake me up when AI has made progress towards curing cancer' drew a sharp rebuttal from basedjensen: such views are extremely ignorant, and this kind of progress is extremely useful and would contribute towards curing cancer.
A representative skirmish in the ongoing debate over whether raw AI capability progress counts as human benefit.
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