Reddit debate: AI's real risk is stagnation, not extinction — by killing the apprenticeship path
SpicyCatGames · reddit · 2026-10-27
A Reddit post argues AI's real danger isn't turning evil but causing long-term technological stagnation. Since LLMs will eventually automate the easiest 99% of work, humans may never accumulate the experience needed to reach the level of solving novel problems — while AI keeps re-solving solved problems. The author compares it to discovering magic before medicine or electricity: with easy healing and lighting, no one would invest centuries of effort into science. Recommends Harry Turtledove's 'The Road Not Taken'.
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