How Are YOU Preparing for the Imminent AI Singularity?

AI Doomers Share Their Hopes for and Fears about the Creation of AGI in the Near Future

Someone named Daniel Faggella recently asked on Twitter/X: “If you’re an ‘AGI in the next 10 years’ person—I’m genuinely interested: How are you living your life NOW in order to best be prepared for this situation?” Here’s his tweet:

There are literally hundreds of responses, many of which are absolutely fascinating. They provide a window into the dark world of AI doomerism—as well as the utopian flip-side of this apocalypticism. (Utopianism and apocalypticism have traditionally gone together, of course.)

A selection of these responses are below:

(“LEV” stands for “longevity escape velocity.” It’s the point at which one lives long enough to live forever.)

Wow. If you found these responses fascinating, you might consider checking out some of Dr. Beth Singler’s work on AI apocalypticism as a religious phenomenon.