<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # The AI doomers want civilization to regard... > The AI doomers want civilization to regard intelligence itself as a contaminant. I regard intelligence as the oldest escape technology we possess. Fire extended metabolism, writing extended memory, science extended perception, computation extended cognition, and now machine intelligence extends the space of discoverable thought. **Source:** [[articles/AI-Tech Doomerism and Anti-Science Panic|AI-Tech Doomerism, Anti-Science Panic, those Who Sell Technological Exile]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “The AI doomers want civilization to regard intelligence itself as a contaminant. I regard intelligence as the oldest escape technology we possess. Fire extended metabolism, writing extended memory, science extended perception, computation extended cognition, and now machine intelligence extends the space of discoverable thought.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-ai-doomers-want-space-discoverable-thought ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->