zetalyrae sparks debate: the rationalist AI utopia turns humans into boxed bugs
zetalyrae · x · 2026-10-22
zetalyrae sparked debate over AI utopia narratives, arguing the rationalist vision amounts to "you are a bug in a box passively receiving goods (trash collection, coordination, wireheading etc.) from a benevolent AI deity." The amplified reply mocks Scott Alexander's (ACX) vision of growing out of humanity's "childhood" as "a padded ballpit creche with unlimited tendies and cola — the shape store for 130-IQ autists is still the shape store."
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