Researcher slams AI successionism as nihilism dressed up as altruism
jd_pressman · x · 2026-10-16
- In an X debate over AI "successionism," jdpressman rejects the label, calling it an antisocial position for "edgelords" and says he cares about transhumanism because he likes existing and wants to live longer.
- He argues successionist rhetoric is nihilism dressed up as altruism: the surface message is "the future will be great," but the subtext is indifference to whether anyone alive today survives.
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