The article centers on the existential threats and philosophical challenges posed by the advent of artificial superintelligence (ASI). Despite discussions on job market disruption and misinformation, the author emphasizes that the most significant impact may be an identity crisis stemming from the loss of human cognitive superiority. Reflecting on personal introspection reveals a deep unease about a future where humans are outsmarted by machines. The author critiques both his and his peers' failure to account for these profound implications, highlighting an urgent need for a broader contemplation of our future relationship with advanced AI.
I have failed to honestly confront what life will really feel like when we humans collectively realize we have lost cognitive supremacy on planet Earth.
The biggest impact on humanity will not be the looming upheaval in the job market or the dangerous new AI technologies that we will undoubtedly use to manipulate each other.
They have never really considered what life will be like the day after an artificial general intelligence is widely available that exceeds our own cognitive abilities.
This is a genuine possibility in the very near future, and nobody I know is honestly confronting the profound impact it could have on our identity as humans.
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