The AI apocalypse may not look how we expect
The AI apocalypse may not look how we expect 26 Sep, 2026 Ask the average person on the street what they think about when they hear stories of AI "killing us all", and I suspect you'll hear of AI drones flying around with lasers, or perhaps Terminator-style robocops. Such an outcome is certainly possible, but there are other less obvious apocalypses that I think are more likely. It isn't the norm to have modern healthcare, supermarkets full of food, or a functional global financial system.
- ▪The AI apocalypse may not look how we expect 26 Sep, 2026 Ask the average person on the street what they think about when they hear stories of AI "killing us all", and I suspect you'll hear of AI drones flying around with lasers, or perhaps
- ▪Such an outcome is certainly possible, but there are other less obvious apocalypses that I think are more likely.
- ▪It isn't the norm to have modern healthcare, supermarkets full of food, or a functional global financial system.
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The AI apocalypse may not look how we expect 26 Sep, 2026 Ask the average person on the street what they think about when they hear stories of AI "killing us all", and I suspect you'll hear of AI drones flying around with lasers, or perhaps Terminator-style robocops. Such an outcome is certainly possible, but there are other less obvious apocalypses that I think are more likely. It isn't the norm to have modern healthcare, supermarkets full of food, or a functional global financial system. It's not a given that the planet is able to sustain 8 billion people (a 4x increase in the last 100 years). The fact that we're currently able to achieve these outcomes is an exceptional achievement and a historical anomaly.
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