'If we developed AI in the 1800s, people would demand ASI to cure diabetes'
zetalyrae · x · 2026-10-16
Quoting a question about how transhumanism is possible without ASI, zetalyrae resurfaces his own quip: "If we were developing AI in the 1800s people would be like 'we need ASI to solve diabetes'." A pointed jab at the habit of framing whatever superintelligence might be as the answer to each era's most pressing problems.
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