Fortnow: AI's real existential threat is taking away our relevance, not killing us
fortnow · x · 2026-10-08
Theoretical computer scientist Lance Fortnow argues that AI's existential threat is not that it will kill us all, but that it will take away our relevance — displacing human value across more and more domains.
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