Hans Moravec on AI's endgame: "50/50 oblivion — the other 50 percent, the wildest thing you can imagine"
gleech · x · 2026-10-30
gleech shares a striking excerpt from a 2026 profile of robotics pioneer Hans Moravec. Moravec stays remarkably calm about AI's trajectory — joking he's secure "because my mother's always there." The piece argues his detachment from human ability and the human form let him see past the emotional gravity of what was coming. His odds: "50/50 oblivion. And then the other 50 percent — the wildest thing you can imagine."
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