"First contact with an alien life form, and it's made of us": Chris Albon on AI
chrisalbon · x · 2026-10-15
Chris Albon quotes Danielle Fong: "first contact with an alien life form, and it's made of us" — a one-line metaphor for AI as humanity's created other intelligence — and calls it the best-case scenario.
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