The smartest people are splitting into two opposite paths: AI frontiers vs. inner retreat
oggyxe · x · 2026-10-31
The author observes a split among the sharpest minds: some dive deep into LLMs, algorithms and embodied AI, pushing the compute-and-efficiency narrative to its limits, while others retreat toward body, mind and nature, shedding modernity's anxieties.
These paths will converge, the author argues: once silicon takes over all "useful work," the remaining question is what consciousness and life itself mean — a problem both directions ultimately face.
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