The people who actually want AI to replace humanity

> As it becomes possible to direct our own evolution as a species — and potentially even create a new species that surpasses us — we have to decide: How do we know to what extent it does make sense to transform ourselves using technology? What kinds of augmentation do we want, and what kinds do we absolutely not want? What do we wish, ultimately, to become? This is a moral question, even a spiritual one, and it demands a spiritual response.

Is it a spiritual question? We’re constantly transforming ourselves with technologies. Taking the most direct example, medicine, how many people considered it a spiritual question when they decided to start taking semaglutide or tirzepatide for weight loss? Or to take SSRIs?

I think the most likely outcome here is that people will continue to alter themselves to meet their immediate needs (hold a job, find love, stay healthy) without a lot of foresight or long term planning. This will likely lead to us increasing our own intelligence, it’s a useful capability across nearly every human endeavor. Whether or not this will happen at a pace that allows us to keep up with and retain control over artificial systems is the first big question, and what the relationship will be between augmented and unaugmented humans is the second. As a humanist, I hope we’re able to answer both questions in such a way that the fundamental dignity of all human beings is respected.

Re: The people who actually want AI to replace humanity

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Post by camillomiller » Sun, May 31, 2026, 2:53 PM UTC

rayiner wrote: post #3

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So for you the solution is not to dismantle a model like that one but just accept it and displace the quasi-slaves? I swear you people have lost your fucking mind and will push people to violence

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Post by watwut » Sun, May 31, 2026, 2:54 PM UTC

rayiner wrote: post #3

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> quasi-human automatons

They are humans. Full on people. They are not quasy humam, they are fully absolutely human

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Post by lucamark » Sun, May 31, 2026, 2:55 PM UTC

This assumes that “more intelligence” is the objective. Higher intelligence does not imply better values, and even “better values” depends on whose moral framework gets encoded.

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Post by folkrav » Sun, May 31, 2026, 2:56 PM UTC

rayiner wrote: post #3

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You're talking about replacing certain humans with robots. They're talking about replacing humans with robots - final.

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Post by derektank » Sun, May 31, 2026, 2:56 PM UTC

rayiner wrote: post #3

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The gulf countries are the closest thing to socialist states on the planet. Something like 70-90% of the citizenry of Kuwait, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia are employed by the public sector.