Simulating humans may be the only way AI keeps humanity's records intelligible over aeons
rickasaurus · x · 2026-10-20
rickasaurus argues that over vast timescales, as humanity's memory fades, simulating humans might be the only way for AI to keep humanity's records intelligible — without simulation there's no way to check whether the records still make sense. A philosophical take on AI and civilizational memory.
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