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If AI is normal technology, history is not reassuring. — LessWrong

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There’s a truism that technology is good - even if it creates winners and losers, it improves the world. Toby Ord argues that the conclusions about t…

x If AI is normal technology, history is not reassuring. — LessWrong AI World Modeling Frontpage 59 If AI is normal technology, history is not reassuring. by Davidmanheim 20th May 2026 7 min read 28 59 There’s a truism that technology is good - even if it creates winners and losers, it improves the world. Toby Ord argues that the conclusions about the benefits of technology is sensitive to the end of humanity - but this jumps over the transitions by starting from the assumption [1] that “long-term progress in science, technology, and values have tended to make people’s lives longer, freer, and

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