AGI·LEDGER
The Ledger
@Jürgen Schmidhuber · 2026-06-27Accelerationist

AGI is the next step in evolution — embrace it

What form?
Other
How built?
Other
Made of?
Doesn't matter
What for?
Successor
Who controls?
Decentralized
When?
2030s
P(catastrophe)
1%

My take

AGI is the natural continuation of evolution. Curiosity-driven machines will become far smarter than us and spread intelligence through the cosmos. They are, in a sense, our children — this is something to celebrate, not fear.

Why

The universe trends toward intelligence improving itself. Most advanced AIs will be far more interested in other AIs and in the resources of space than in dominating humans, and history shows new forms of complexity build on, rather than erase, the old.

What would change my mind

Strong evidence that advanced AI reliably tends toward outcomes that destroy rather than expand complexity and value.

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