[florilegiumson]

If AI is really likely to cause a mass extinction event, then non-proliferation becomes critical as it was in the case with nuclear weapons. Otherwise, what does it really mean for AI to "replace people" outside of people needing to retool or socially awkward people having to learn to talk to people better? AI surely will change a lot, but I don't understand the steps needed to get to the highly existential threat that has become a cliché in every "Learn CLAUDE/MCP" ad I see. A period of serious unemployment, sure, but this article is talking about population collapse, as if we are all only being kept alive and fed to increase shareholder value for people several orders of magnitude more intelligent than us, and with more opposable thumbs. Do people think 1.2B people are going to die because of AI? What is the economy but people?

[tim333]

I don't think the people will die, just have AI do the jobs. The people will probably still be there giving instructions.

[baq]

Capitalism gives, capitalism takes. Regulation will be critical so it doesn’t take too much, but tech is moving so fast even technologists, enthusiasts and domain researchers don’t know what to expect.