Sam Altman wrote a 2017 blog post called 'The Merge' imagining a future where some human beings merge with or integrate their consciousness with superintelligences, allowing humans to participate in the post-human future.
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“He wrote a blog post, I guess, in 2017 called the merge, which is, as the title suggests, basically about imagining a future where human beings, some human beings...Figure out a way to participate in The New super race.”
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Robot Plumbers, Robot Armies, and Our Imminent A.I. Future | Interesting Times with Ross Douthat— Interesting Times with Ross DouthatCreated: 8/11/2026, 5:00:36 AM
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