'Went on vacation, came back to 1000-IQ posthuman friends': AI circle's recursive takeoff meme
genmon · x · 2026-10-24
genmon riffs on recursive self-improvement with a fictional chat about 'eating the sun' and wiring mitochondria into vacuum energy. The follow-up lands the classic takeoff anxiety: step out for a week's holiday and return to friends who are 1000 IQ and bristling with posthuman nanotech — always two doublings ahead, forever out of reach.
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