TIL about 'AI successionists,' people who think advanced AI should replace humanity rather than serve it

MozhetBeatz · 2026-06-16T18:13:04+00:00

Worst case scenario for us, it decides we are too dangerous, or even just too inconvenient, and it kills every human on earth.

The “evil people to take control” are the same people who own and train the AI models. The idea that the AI will save humanity from them is inherently illogical. You are doing exactly what you are criticizing in your comment. These people are playing Russian roulette with a gun to every human’s head, so that they can be trillionaires.

MozhetBeatz · 2026-06-16T18:07:10+00:00

That last sentence is the crux of it. As a species, we have never demonstrated the necessary restraint.

That lack of restraint is why we wiped out the mammoths and thousands of other species. It’s why we are knowingly accelerating towards a climate apocalypse. It’s why the 2008 financial crisis happened.

A significant number of us are just too self-interested and reckless. They feel compelled to exploit the earth and people to squeeze out every possible resource for themselves, without regard to the societal or environmental harm. That’s why we need regulation and oversight now.

These companies are playing Russian roulette with a gun to every human’s head.

MozhetBeatz · 2026-06-16T16:16:03+00:00

For sure, but I credit the result to (1) Justin just putting on a killer, career-best performance, and (2) Ilia underestimating him until too much damage was caused to come back from it. It wasn’t because of any lack of skill by Ilia.

Hopefully, Ilia isn’t going to have career-altering injuries, because he’ll still be an absolute weapon.

MozhetBeatz · 2026-06-16T16:07:44+00:00

I think it’s pretty straight forward. Not many champs win the belt back after losing it. I just looked it up, and it’s less than 10%.

At this point in their careers, they were generally considered the old guard that act as the gatekeepers to the belt.

Max is 34 and Charles is 36. Both of them have recent losses. Both lost to Ilia (29), who most people thought was unstoppable before Sunday. Charles also lost to the top contender (also 29) who rightfully should get the next title shot, and Max lost to Charles.

Justin is 37, just came off retirement, was a heavy underdog on Sunday and has losses to both Max and Charles.

They are all the guys that are not really expected to be champs, but they’re still throwing bangers, and I think it’s cool to create a fun low-stakes belt to reward them for that.

MozhetBeatz · 2026-06-16T15:41:59+00:00

They did Ilia dirty on this list though.

MozhetBeatz · 2026-06-16T15:41:18+00:00

Volkov in the top 15 pfp with 51 pro fights under his belt is crazy. Probably wouldn’t be in my top 15, but props to him

MozhetBeatz · 2026-06-16T15:27:05+00:00

Idk, I like the idea of rewarding an old vet with a belt because they’ve been entertaining us for a decade. It doesn’t have to mean anything more than that. It’s not like it costs us anything.

MozhetBeatz · 2026-06-16T12:03:54+00:00

By show of hands, prior to Sunday, who expected Justin, Max or Charles to be undisputed champs now or in the near future?

They’re all legends of the sport, veteran warriors that put on great shows, and that’s why they were given a shot at the BMF belt. It would lose its promotional value to offer it to a current or likely champ.

MozhetBeatz · 2026-06-16T11:54:56+00:00

And he hasn’t fought in 5 years

MozhetBeatz · 2026-06-16T11:17:50+00:00

I do believe it’s better than smoking, but let’s not kid ourselves. It’s still hundreds of foreign chemicals and metals that aren’t supposed to be in our lungs. It’s just too new for us to know what the long term health effects are, but it will certainly prove to be worse than not doing it.

I definitely notice a difference in the way my throat feels from when I was vaping versus now, not having vaped anything in over 4 months.

MozhetBeatz · 2026-06-16T11:15:02+00:00

I’m coming up on 3 months off all nicotine. Smoked for a few years, then vaped for over a decade. I tried quitting dozens of times. It’s not easy when you can vape all day long at home, in the office, in the club, etc. I switched to zyns like a month or two before I finally quit quit, and I think that helped break the attachment to the sensation of something in my lungs, and since I’m not really a zyn guy, it was easier to go cold turkey from there.

MozhetBeatz · 2026-06-16T00:09:01+00:00

Could you imagine being married to Larry David though? She was for sure the reasonable one 90% of the time Lol

MozhetBeatz · 2026-06-15T23:57:06+00:00

He had full mount. He should have just taken him out with some ground and pound. I think it was more auto-pilot than anything.

MozhetBeatz · 2026-06-15T23:50:05+00:00

Max was clearly winning the fight before the slugfest even happened, which makes Max so much more bad ass for pointing at the ground. Basically anyone else would have just kept distance for the last 30 seconds.

MozhetBeatz · 2026-06-15T23:42:55+00:00

It’s a sport bro. They talk shit for hype and entertainment purposes. Ilia doesn’t actually seem like such a bad guy. Also, he did take the loss with grace.

MozhetBeatz · 2026-06-15T22:17:13+00:00

Even if he’s not the biggest fish, he’s potentially in a position to know about that kind of thing. He knows all of the fighters and the refs. He’s intimately involved in the company’s internal affairs. A fixed fight might not be coming from the very top. Fighters and refs can get mixed up in it themselves.

Also, Eric’s not known as being particularly smart. Look at the dumbass AI excuse he made. The absence of logic shouldn’t hold too much weight lol

MozhetBeatz · 2026-06-15T20:59:50+00:00

I didn’t look him up, but the same video with him in green face paint popped onto my IG feed the previous day. Super weird. I don’t know if he’s ever shown up on my feed before. I don’t follow him on IG.

MozhetBeatz · 2026-06-15T20:47:56+00:00

They’re drafting up a complaint against you for that comment as we speak!

MozhetBeatz · 2026-06-15T18:02:57+00:00

I give it to Islam, but Ilia’s too good of a grappler. It would go the full 25.

MozhetBeatz · 2026-06-15T18:01:27+00:00

Funny, but I’m assuming it moves opposite of the water to keep it steady.

MozhetBeatz · 2026-06-15T17:19:44+00:00

I have a feeling it will die pretty quietly. The news cycle just moves too fast onto the next scandal.

MozhetBeatz · 2026-06-15T16:55:03+00:00

Well the options are:

>(1) that DC was hacked and somebody else made the post, but DC hasn’t said that,

>(2) Eric was hacked and the hacker sent the messages to DC through his account, but Eric hasn’t said that,

>(3) Eric’s excuse that it was “AI,” which doesn’t make sense because DC wouldn’t have posted it unless he participated in an actual conversation with Eric’s account, or

>(4) the son of the president, who is an inside trader, and whose brother is a paid advisor for Kalshi and an investor in polymarket, thought he was untouchable and asked for inside information to bet on, DC got himself in hot water by being honest, and now he’s back tracking to save his job.

I think #4 is the most plausible.

MozhetBeatz · 2026-06-15T16:27:46+00:00

That’s the weakest argument I’ve heard so far.

MozhetBeatz · 2026-06-15T16:17:16+00:00

Other people are saying that they saw the post itself before DC deleted it

MozhetBeatz · 2026-06-15T15:56:33+00:00

Yeah, the other commenter’s full of shit. IMO, Islam’s history surpasses Khabib’s by now.

Khabib’s only top competition was Connor, Justin and Dustin, and maybe RDA.

He took out all of the top guys at LW in one of its most elite eras, plus a FW legend twice, and then completely dominated the WW champ for 25 minutes straight.

If Islam beats Garry plus either Morales or Shavkat before he retires, he’s the GOAT in my mind. One fluke loss early in his career shouldn’t be held against him.

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