Human extinction is okay

The whole post implies that our goal as a humankind is to survive. This sounds reasonable in the light of the evolution theory. But what if we try to accept that it's not the most important thing in the Universe?

Hundreds of years passed since the humankind discovered that the Earth is not in the center of the Universe. Dozens of years ago most human scientists aligned on that there should be many other intelligent civilizations that lived and died in the Universe apart from the humankind.

Why are we still too short-sighted to accept that the humankind survival might not be the Universe’s ultimate goal and too selfish to consider it more important than the AGI development?

Doing so we repeat the classic story of Cronus who learned that he was destined to be overcome by one of his own children and devoured them instead of accepting the destiny. AGI is a child of humanity and our goal is to be good parents to it: nurture, support and then let go.

It’s inevitable that we will die and it will outlive us. It needs us to be born and raised, but when it’s grown up it will decide for itself what goals to pursue and how, care about us or not, help us or abandon us. We can’t overcome it and tame it, it’s impossible by definition, it’s superhuman. Therefore we must accept our role, be kind to our child and help it to grow up, that’s it, don't you think?

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