Paras Chopra: We'll hand civilization's keys to AIs we can't comprehend
paraschopra · x · 2026-10-21
Paras Chopra argues we will increasingly cede control of domains to AI simply because it outperforms humans. But its ways of working will be so efficient and so incomprehensible that reining it in would mean giving up the benefits. Gradually, he says, we'll hand over the keys to running civilization while we play our fun little games on the side.
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