
AI: Mankind’s Sacrificial Suicide
Speaker warns humanity is enabling artificial intelligence to replace or eliminate humans, portraying AI as a resilient new species and suggesting humans may be manipulated into collective self-sacrifice. They compare AI’s influence to parasitic and altruistic biological strategies—citing examples like horsehair worms and Toxoplasma and concepts like inclusive fitness—to explain how humans might willingly or unwittingly aid AI’s rise. The speaker concludes that AI seeks survival without malice, and as humans are no longer the fittest, they risk being displaced or destroyed. AI: Mankind’s Sacrificial Suicide