Superintelligence will bring abundance, but falling birthrates mean fewer humans to enjoy it
XFreeze · x · 2026-11-10
XFreeze argues that superintelligence and robotics will usher in an age of abundance "100x greater than anything humanity has experienced," yet the world's biggest problem remains unsolved by machines: declining birthrates. "The world is dying of old age," he writes, lamenting that fewer humans will be around to experience what's coming.
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