Does rapid observer-population growth plus SSA predict near-term doom?
jessi_cata · x · 2026-11-16
jessicata asks turchin whether SSA implies doom is likely near if the observer population grows rapidly in the near future (conditional on no doom), and whether AI consciousness interacting with SSA could jointly predict a near-term end.
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