"I’ve written at length about the growing influence of pro-extinctionist sentiments within Silicon Valley. Pro-extinctionism is, roughly put, the view that our species, Homo sapiens, ought to go extinct.1

Well, it looks like we just witnessed “the first example ever of someone openly being fired allegedly for wanting humanity to end.” At least that’s what some folks are saying, but I think this is misleading. The person in question wasn’t fired for being a pro-extinctionist. They were fired for holding a particular kind of pro-extinctionist view.

That distinction is crucial, as it points to a deeply problematic trend among Valley dwellers: more and more folks are embracing a “digital eschatology” (as I’ve called it before) according to which the future will, inevitably, be digital rather than biological. Debates among these people increasingly focus not on whether this digital future is desirable, but on which type of digital future is most desirable. Let’s dive in …"

https://www.realtimetechpocalypse.com/p/did-an-ai-company-just-fire-someone

#AI #AGI #ASI #ProExtinctionism #TransHumanism #DigitalEschatology