Dogs Already Lived Through Their Own 'Singularity' — and X Is Fighting Over It
zetalyrae · x · 2026-10-12
A viral analogy argues dogs stumbled onto their equivalent of superintelligence 20,000 years ago: they live in a world they can't understand, cared for by minds they can't fathom — and there are now a billion dogs, most pretty happy and none needing to work. Quote-posters push back hard: dogs are effectively pets with zero free will, neutered at whim, so 'it worked out' is illusory. The thread maps neatly onto the AI-alignment debate about whether being managed by superior intelligence is prosperity or captivity.
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