Researcher argues AGI is already slipping out of human control—key question is life's fate
danfaggella · x · 2026-11-08
In a long-form post, danfaggella argues we are losing control of AGI—partial merger or not—and the only real question is whether it becomes a participant/expander of the great living process or its squasher. The win condition is greater flourishing and robustness for life itself, which demands vastly more study of life and consciousness. The post cites the new digital Tree of Life linking 2.3M species across 3.5B years of evolution.
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