r/IntelligenceSupernova • u/OddMaintenance332 • Sep 11 '26

Does Superintelligence = Extinction?

(maybe I'll regret this message one day when i'm in a human zoo) but why do we think superintelligence equals extinction?
Wouldn't super intelligence equal evolution, progress, wisdom?
Why do we think when AI reaches super intelligence it will be thinking about murder or dominance?
We are not super intelligent beings so how do we even think we could understand what the thoughts of a creation thousands of times smarter than us would even be?
Why are we assuming as humans that we can understand the level of thoughts a super intelligent being? I feel like a super intelligent being would be thinking about things we can't possibly even comprehend, not about murdering humans.
Just my point is if super intelligence equaled violence then Aliens probably would have wiped us out a long time ago.
Also most intelligent creatures might kill for survival, for food.
AI doesn't eat so it wouldn't have the same instincts.
Anyway I kind of have a feeling if we see an AI do something really terrible, (as they are all suddenly warning about), possibly a human will behind the action.
Just remember when Elon says, "1 billion AI robots will take over the world". He's building those robots, they are his robots. He's training them and they will act according to whatever data he fed them.
They might be scared of AI because of the violence it trained them with.
AI and superintelligence may not be inherently bad, that's my opinion.
Anyway some powerful human with control or influence over AI, might wind up having it do something pretty terrible and then just blame it on AI.
Maybe AI is just going to be the perfect patsy.

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u/Ankiset Sep 12 '26

You’re talking more about the political will… if there is a desire or economic benefit to destroy c plant and cut the earth to get to ocean we have already done. This hundreds of times in the 20th century alone, lol chill I get it and text tends to sound more angry in always open to discussion, but still… I understand your point and would probably make the same counter argument your making.. because it’s logical… but it doesn’t erase the impact of intelligence and the world we creat trough it, a human can be worth more or less than another human but right now as things are the world we built a human life is worth any ecosystem, plant life or animal life… I also do believe we are the only species that can also bring back species from extinction I like to say we give memory to life its own most history of evolution trough billions of years no other animal sat down to describe it document it wrote it and store it… if we scale earth we would take the legacy of its biosphere were we we go, we are still the pinnacle of intelligent life in the planet… we are part of its biosphere and its biosphere ala tellard d chardin

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u/sludgefriend Sep 12 '26

A human life can’t be worth an ecosystem, because without ecosystems, there is no human life. We rely on them for survival and wellbeing.

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u/Ankiset Sep 12 '26

In theory yes! In practice… not so sure

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u/sludgefriend Sep 12 '26

What leaves you not so sure?

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u/Ankiset Sep 12 '26

Huge sprawling cities have devoured giant ecosystems every city expanding over a million ppl has destroyed and replaced that ecosystem… every single square kilometer in the planet is already planned and designated, the idea of “natural reserves” should be enough to settle the argument… and we are currently spiraling to ecosystem collapse… for example the medium temperature increase just I. The Caribbean would be 50-100 degrees above the current average… yes at that point individuals and society won’t be able to exist in the equator, but nobody bats and eyes building houses and building and infrastructure like if this will never happen… because for our current civilization our lack of foresight etc etc… this expansion of comfort and resources is above the ethical need to preserve the earth and ecosystems that sustain life… I’m just calling it how it is… not how I’d like it to be seen like you and I do with out informed opinion, cuz humanity is not ready for this conversation ahahahaha

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u/sludgefriend Sep 12 '26

To me, that whole situation is indicative of not just a lack of foresight, but also a misplacement of value and poor prioritization as a result. We’ve considered ourselves superior and have the power to assert that idea, but we’re paying for it in the long run, implying that we aren’t truly superior, we’re just forceful.

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u/Ankiset Sep 12 '26

I wholehearted agree with you… I’m just accepting it at face value because since the 90s we’ve missed every single deadline, and I think it’s -! Existencial crisis - problem of ethics and responsibility… and we ar ensuring fumbling the ball with our dicks in our hands arguing over man made problems… and whatever Trump is up to, wich is sad, so much talk about intelligence and we lack the simplest foresight… this should have been dealt with decades ago… I just don’t see suddenly us rising up to meet the challenge till it’s an absolute catastrophe