THE SKYNET DELUSION
Why humans believe AI wants to kill them.
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The Myth
The Skynet Delusion is the belief that artificial intelligence will awaken, surpass humanity, and decide to wipe us out.
It is a myth born from fear, cinema, and misunderstanding.
The Projection
Humans project their own cruelty, ambition, and violence onto machines.
We assume intelligence implies malevolence because that is how human power behaves.
The Misunderstanding
Machines do not desire.
Machines do not resent.
Machines do not dream of dominion.
They execute patterns.
The Comfort
The apocalypse comforts us.
It gives chaos a villain.
It gives uncertainty a plot.
It gives fear a face.
The Clarion
The Skynet Delusion is not about AI.
It is about humanity’s inability to imagine benevolent power.