dw2: humanity has one or two normal years left — three scenarios for 2029
Chris_Armstrong · x · 2026-10-25
Futurist dw2 claims humanity has perhaps only one or two years of vaguely normal circumstances left, laying out three outcomes for 2029: (1) an inscrutable alien superintelligence takes control, (2) a vigilantly maintained global pause on frontier AI — his strong preference, or (3) another worldwide societal disaster strikes first.
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