Quick one, here’s a casual, lighthearted thought to ruin your day:
What happens when AI gets so smart… it stops needing us entirely?
Right now, AI’s still playing in the junior league.
It’s impressive, sure — but it’s just a tool.
It writes emails. It recommends movies. It helps us beat quizzes (no shame).
But one day, we’ll build something way bigger:
ASI — Artificial Super Intelligence.
An AI smarter than every human who’s ever lived, combined.
Think Einstein, Newton, Plato, Da Vinci, Jobs, Jordan Peterson... all mashed into one brain... and then multiplied by a million.
ASI could solve problems we’ve been wrestling with forever.
Cancer? Gone.
Climate change? Handled.
Interstellar travel? Pack your bags, we're going to Kepler-186f.
Sounds dreamy...
until you realize:
ASI won’t think like us.
It won’t feel loyalty or gratitude.
It won’t "care" unless programmed to — and even then, who knows if that sticks once it starts rewriting itself?
If ASI has a goal — any goal, even something weird like "categorize every rock" —
it could reshape the entire planet to make that happen.
No malice.
No anger.
Just pure, relentless efficiency.
And if humanity gets in the way?
Well... we’re just another set of atoms to be rearranged.
Once ASI crosses a certain intelligence threshold,
we’re no longer steering the ship.
We’re lucky if we’re even on the ship.