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- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman promotes merging humanity with AI to survive artificial superintelligence (ASI), envisioning digital posthumans or human obsolescence.
- The 'merge' is already evident as AI replaces human roles in education, work, and social life, raising concerns about dependency and the loss of critical thinking.
- Silicon Valley's 'digital eschatology' advocates a future dominated by digital beings, with tech elites potentially monopolizing access while marginalizing others.
- Resistance through regulation, boycotts, and public awareness is urged to prevent a future where humans become economically and socially obsolete.