Dystopia Now Simone and Malcolm Collins: TESCREAL Parents
Aug 8, 2025
Dive into the unconventional world of pro-natalist parenting with Simone and Malcolm Collins, who raise their kids on an AI diet. They discuss controversial topics like AI resurrection ethics, including an AI version of Parkland victim Joaquin Oliver. The couple shares insights on declining birth rates and the push for larger families, while also critiquing tech's influence on parenting. Expect thought-provoking debates on AI's role, dystopian ideologies, and the necessity of human interaction alongside cutting-edge technology.
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Digital Eschatology in Silicon Valley
- Silicon Valley exhibits a digital eschatology that envisions AI superseding humanity.
- Some rationalists accept possible human replacement by AGI as a natural cosmic evolution.
Collapse vs Extinction Realities
- Public worries about human extinction are low and often abstract.
- Likelihood of civilizational collapse is higher than full human extinction.
Redefining Human Extinction
- TESCREAL community defines 'human' broadly to include future AGI with comparable moral status.
- This blurs lines between humans and post-humans, complicating meanings of extinction.
