Could a baby ASI survive without humans using today's robotics? Viral thread argues it's a timing problem
NathanpmYoung · x · 2026-10-16
tenobrus argues there's a non-trivial chance that robotics hardware already built by humans and accessible via the internet would be enough for a strong superintelligence to survive and build a sustainable supply chain if humans vanished tomorrow. The core issues are timing: how long data centers and internet-connected actuators keep power, how fast it can acquire more robotics hardware and portable power, and how quickly compute can be moved to robust infrastructure. Someone suggested turning it into an Andy Weir-style novel from the baby ASI's perspective.
More from AGI Musings
- Robotics' hidden data problem: the undervalued opportunity of a deployment context layer — broodsugar · 2026-10-16
- RFdiffusion3 published in Science, alongside Chaperone agent harness for bio-molecular design — anshulkundaje · 2026-10-16
- Mathematicians Weep: Fields Medalist Mourns as OpenAI Cracks Decades-Old Proofs — stevenstrogatz · 2026-10-16
- Why does matrix multiplication on silicon 'not count' as thinking, but sodium ions do? — khademinori · 2026-10-16
- Dinosaur extinction was an 'evolutionary annealing event' enabling tech civilization, says dioscuri — dioscuri · 2026-10-16
- Economist argues model providers face hard limits on vertical integration into white-collar sectors — sethlazar · 2026-10-16