# Advanced AI Should Preserve the Option to Live Deeply Human Lives by Vishal Maini > "Some people will choose the metaverse or pursue mind uploading, so there may be many choices. But one great outcome from the AI transition would be for people to have the option to live long and healthy lives, have children, and live in the way that human beings are most deeply human." > **— Vishal Maini**, *Palisade Research interview, September 29, 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Recording and complete contiguous answer:** [Palisade Research interview at 31:45](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S_Ay87dEy0&t=1905s) — Maini develops the proposition preserved in the poster text. The transcription removes verbal filler and immediate repetition, repairs punctuation, and normalizes obvious caption errors without joining separate speakers or noncontiguous turns. - **Canonical transcript conversion:** [[research/Vishal Maini - Humanity's Machine Successor and the AI Transition|Humanity's Machine Successor — Vishal Maini on Recursive Self-Improvement and the AI Transition]] — preserves the complete source unit, speaker attribution, editorial method, and evidence boundary used for this Reminder. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Greatest Transformation in Human History|The Greatest Transformation in Human History]] - **Article:** [[articles/Longevity Escape Velocity|Longevity Escape Velocity]] - **Article:** [[articles/We Were Never Going to Make It|We Were Never Going to Make It]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Human Future with Advanced AI|Human Future with Advanced AI]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Vishal Maini|Vishal Maini]] - [[wiki/Human Future with Advanced AI|Human Future with Advanced AI]] - [[wiki/Mind Uploading|Mind Uploading]] - [[wiki/Posthumanism|Posthumanism]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "Some people will choose the metaverse or pursue mind uploading, so there may be many choices. But one great outcome from the AI transition would be for people to have the option to live long and healthy lives, have children, and live in the way that human beings are most deeply human." — Vishal Maini, Palisade Research interview, September 29, 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-vishal-maini-deeply-human-lives ```