{"id":257604,"date":"2026-05-28T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/could-ai-be-a-worthy-successor-to-humanity\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T06:45:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T10:45:11","slug":"could-ai-be-a-worthy-successor-to-humanity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/could-ai-be-a-worthy-successor-to-humanity\/","title":{"rendered":"Could AI be a \u201cworthy successor\u201d to humanity?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Could AI be a \u201cworthy successor\u201d to humanity?<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.vox.com\/future-perfect\/489976\/ai-successionism-transhumanism-posthumanism<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-05-28 06:30:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.vox.com<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI want AI to be a tool that allows human flourishing!\u201d exclaimed Brad Carson, a former member of Congress. \u201cThere is an option out there where AI is just a tool for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is a normal thing to say in most circles. But Carson was speaking at an invite-only symposium dedicated to the idea of creating a \u201cWorthy Successor\u201d \u2014 an AI so impressive, so beyond the mere human, that we\u2019d actually want it to replace humanity.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re a brave man for entering this room!\u201d Dan Faggella, an AI market researcher and organizer of the symposium, told Carson. \u201cYou\u2019re in probably the only room in the country where most people disagree with you.\u201d<\/p>\n

The attendees at the symposium, which took place at the New York Academy of Sciences last September, are part of a subculture that is growing in importance: the AI successionists, who think that artificial intelligence is our rightful heir \u2014 the next step in cosmic evolution. Since they believe AIs could become our moral superiors, they argue it\u2019s actually wrong to try to keep the machines down, or even to align them with human values, as most AI companies aim to do. Instead, we should usher in artificial intelligence as a successor to humanity and hand over the world to it. Even if that means we go extinct.<\/p>\n

They know this view is taboo, which is why I was invited only on the condition that I wouldn\u2019t quote anyone other than keynote speakers by name. But suffice it to say that this is not a fringe view. It\u2019s becoming highly influential. People from major AI labs \u2014 Anthropic, Google DeepMind, xAI \u2014 were in attendance. So were people from think tanks that directly shape the US government\u2019s AI policy.<\/p>\n

I grew up hearing an old Jewish teaching: Each of us should carry two slips of paper, one in each pocket. One says, \u201cI am but dust and ashes.\u201d But the other says, \u201cThe world was created for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reporting on AI these past few years, I\u2019ve watched more and more people forget the second message. They…<\/p>\n

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