If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies -- Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All

Published in Vibe, Abyss on 2026-05-13

Read a few months ago and so I've forgotten everything. But...

Mentioned book paired with robot I'm currently wiring Claude into, unironically.  Ironically.

Mentioned book paired with robot I'm currently wiring Claude into, unironically. Ironically.

Meanders so far into speculation that it feels more like science fiction than a cautionary tale. Maybe that hits well, and a lot of the concepts seem sound, but it's begging the reader to join in on an awfully magical carpet ride.

That said, I buy the premise. That should be pretty obvious. This site is called vibeabyss. It's not because there's a party going on at the bottom of the abyss.

I'll probably have things to say about it, but for now I wanted to vibe up the image and rating Statamic sets, so here they are.

Thought Expansion

0/10

Sadness Induction

0/10

Possibility

0/10

Plausibility

0/10

Rage Induction

0/10

Hopelessness Jangling

0/10

Functionally Educational

0/10

Utility

0/10

Definitely give it a read. I will again.