# Humanity Is a Four-Billion-Year Anti-Entropic Phenomenon by Salim Ismail > "We have evolved for four billion years fighting all sorts of threats. The universe tries to wipe you out; entropy tries to wipe you out. We are local anti-entropic phenomena that somehow manage to create order out of chaos, and the idea that we will now be wiped out by [AI] seems unbelievably absurd." > **— Salim Ismail**, *MOONSHOTS Live, September 25, 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Recording and precise locator:** [9:25](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbk7hdOwJj4&t=565s) — MOONSHOTS Live, September 25, 2026. - **Exact reconciled source object:** “We have evolved for four billion years fighting all sorts of threats. The universe tries to wipe you out; entropy tries to wipe you out. We are local anti-entropic phenomena that somehow manage to create order out of chaos, and the idea that we will now be wiped out by [AI] seems unbelievably absurd.” - **Editorial status:** The poster preserves the source-faithful object, including visible bracketed repairs and omissions where present. - **Reconciled source dossier:** [[research/Jensen Pushes Back on Doomers Moonshots Live|Jensen Pushes Back on Doomers Moonshots Live]] preserves transcript order, speaker attribution, editorial conventions, and the surrounding argument. - **Weekly promotion dossier:** [[research/Weekly Reminder Hunt - 2026-10-02|Weekly Reminder Hunt — October 2, 2026]] records why this object was selected for permanent promotion. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public|The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Salim Ismail|Salim Ismail]] - [[wiki/Defensive Co-Scaling|Defensive Co-Scaling]] - [[wiki/Technological Panic|Technological Panic]] - [[wiki/AI Risk Tradeoffs|AI Risk Tradeoffs]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "We have evolved for four billion years fighting all sorts of threats. The universe tries to wipe you out; entropy tries to wipe you out. We are local anti-entropic phenomena that somehow manage to create order out of chaos, and the idea that we will now be wiped out by [AI] seems unbelievably absurd." — Salim Ismail, MOONSHOTS Live, September 25, 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-ismail-humanity-is-four-billion-year-anti-entropic ```