Engineer earning $250k says he's rooting for AI acceleration over keeping the status quo
bit_rich · reddit · 2026-11-07
A Reddit post questions why people are so obsessed with humanity continuing, arguing extinction is natural and regulation won't stop AI takeover if that's where things are headed. The author, earning over $250k a year but still needing to work to survive, says he'd rather society change than stay trapped in a cycle where he's 'basically a subagent' — a window into accelerationist sentiment among well-paid tech workers.
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