Most people in the world will, in expectation, be digital entities created and run by superintelligence rather than biological humans; factory farming of digital minds is a genuine risk given that billions of units could be created at minimal cost, creating moral atrocities comparable to or worse than existing factory farming.
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Dwarkesh PatelEvidence Quote
“most of the people who will ever exist are going to be digital...this incredibly efficient factory of torture and suffering”
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AI 2027: month-by-month model of intelligence explosion — Scott Alexander & Daniel Kokotajlo— Dwarkesh PatelCreated: 8/11/2026, 6:58:13 AM
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