The 'dangerous' promise of a techno-utopian future
CBC: Émile Torres, a visiting postdoctoral scholar at the Inamori Center for Ethics and Excellence, warned that tech billionaires' ideologies, blending transhumanism and long-termism, drive risky AI ventures such as Stargate. These visions of a post-human utopia, he said, risk environmental harm, societal disruption and policy capture. “Maybe mass unemployment or another disaster caused by tech companies could finally galvanize people to push back and question the worldview driving these powerful individuals,” he said.
