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title: "Why would AI's try to exterminate humans?  What would they gain?..."
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# Why would AI's try to exterminate humans?  What would they gain?...

*July 16, 2025 — Comment Alexander Kruel's photo*

Why would AI's try to exterminate humans?  What would they gain? Humans don't try to exterminate other less intelligent species, with a few exceptions (smallpox, guinea worms, etc). If anything, more intelligence has made humans  more empathic  relative to other great apes. Soon we won't even be competing in the same ecological niche. AI's will be able to live in environments that would be difficult to adapt for humans (outer space, bottom of the ocean, etc). I expect that those who want to remain humans will be allowed to roam freely in the narrow band of temps and pressures humans can tolerate, and AI's will colonize everywhere else.