flowersslop: Skynet is one of the least scary ways AI could wipe us out
flowersslop · x · 2026-10-22
flowersslop argues the media gets it backwards when dismissing the Skynet scenario as "too Hollywood": a robot uprising may be one of the least terrifying AI extinction paths, since humanity would at least have a fighting chance — real scenarios are likely far stranger and more horrifying. He criticizes a one-dimensional public model of reality, where anything filmed by Hollywood is forever classified as sci-fi and never taken seriously again.
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