'We don't eat pigs because we're smarter': AI doomer analogy sparks pushback
theteknosaur · x · 2026-10-21
AISafetyMemes argued that "if AIs think humans are cute, they'll care for us" is naive: humans find pigs cute yet factory-farm and slaughter them, and the last superintelligent species (humans) turned 96% of mammals into food or slaves. theteknosaur pushed back: pigs became food because humans were hungry and pigs were easy to raise, not because humans were smarter — AI isn't hungry, it runs on electricity, and intelligence alone doesn't determine who gets eaten. A representative debate on superintelligence analogies in AI safety circles.
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