<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # I am fascinated by people who think humanity will... > I am fascinated by people who think humanity will reach unprecedented biological longevity, cure currently incurable diseases, understand the brain, automate laboratories, discover new materials, model planetary systems, and explore space while simultaneously deciding that advanced computation has simply become too troublesome. Which part of the future exactly did they imagine was going to perform the calculations? **Source:** [[articles/The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile|The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile]], [[research/AI-Tech Doomers Publication/preimages/2026-09-17-article-route/articles/The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile|The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “I am fascinated by people who think humanity will reach unprecedented biological longevity, cure currently incurable diseases, understand the brain, automate laboratories, discover new materials, model planetary systems, and explore space while simultaneously deciding that advanced computation has simply become too troublesome. Which part of the future exactly did they imagine was going to perform the calculations?” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-fascinated-people-who-going-perform-calculations ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->