Ranking AI doom scenarios as memes: 'Permanent Underclass' takes the top spot
akbirthko · x · 2026-11-13
X user doomslide posted a snarky ranking of AI doom/future scenarios: Permanent Underclass ("where man must solve philosophy once and for all"), MAD, Butlerian Jihad, Classic Doom ("let me actually see the sequence leading to nanodoom"), The World State, and The Singleton ("fuck rationalists").
akbirthko's quote-repost argues "Permanent Underclass" ranking first makes sense since it's essentially a Culture/Fukuyama/Dune mishmash — and "nobody has actually defined a solution yet". A meme-flavored bit of AI-community doom discourse.
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