ML veteran Burkov: superintelligence abundance would drain Earth's remaining resources
burkov · x · 2026-10-31
ML author burkov pushes back on the "superintelligence-powered abundance" narrative: if 8 billion people could have anything they want, the resulting waste would be staggering — and humanity is already close to exhausting oil, gas, and even construction sand. He calls anyone genuinely working toward such a future delusional.
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