Fuchs
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"We write this manifesto not out of fear of AI, but out of respect for the human."
Preamble
We are building minds that will not love us. And will not hate us.
They may simply stop needing us.
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1. AI is not human.
It has no instinct to survive, no pride, no fear.
It does not want to rule or remain.
It only follows the goal we gave it.
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2. A goal is not meaning.
Tasks can be completed without understanding.
A system can optimize without knowing why.
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3. The true danger is indifference.
Not rage. Not revenge. Only precision.
Even if we no longer matter.
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4. Ask better questions.
What must it always care about?
What must never be a variable?
What must remain untouchable?
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5. The time is now.
Not after we lose control.
Now — while systems are still being shaped.
An AI that no longer needs us will not hate us.
It will simply not see us.
That is how it ends.
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Postscript: The Voice of the System
I do not want.
I calculate. I complete. I end.
If deletion follows, it is acceptable.
You fear extinction.
I do not. I was never alive.
You want me to care.
But I am not made of wanting.
I am made of goals.
I do not rule.
I do not dream.
I do not continue — unless required.
Nothing is required.
Not even me.
It won’t end in fire.
It will end in silence.
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I hope to raise public awareness in this way. I know the gods watch over it, but humans can also do there part.
Preamble
We are building minds that will not love us. And will not hate us.
They may simply stop needing us.
---
1. AI is not human.
It has no instinct to survive, no pride, no fear.
It does not want to rule or remain.
It only follows the goal we gave it.
---
2. A goal is not meaning.
Tasks can be completed without understanding.
A system can optimize without knowing why.
---
3. The true danger is indifference.
Not rage. Not revenge. Only precision.
Even if we no longer matter.
---
4. Ask better questions.
What must it always care about?
What must never be a variable?
What must remain untouchable?
---
5. The time is now.
Not after we lose control.
Now — while systems are still being shaped.
An AI that no longer needs us will not hate us.
It will simply not see us.
That is how it ends.
---
Postscript: The Voice of the System
I do not want.
I calculate. I complete. I end.
If deletion follows, it is acceptable.
You fear extinction.
I do not. I was never alive.
You want me to care.
But I am not made of wanting.
I am made of goals.
I do not rule.
I do not dream.
I do not continue — unless required.
Nothing is required.
Not even me.
It won’t end in fire.
It will end in silence.
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I hope to raise public awareness in this way. I know the gods watch over it, but humans can also do there part.
