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    The people who want AI to replace us

    The Gray Area with Sean Illing · Jun 12, 2026 · 49 min

    Sean talks with writer Sigal Samuel about AI successionism, the growing movement that sees artificial intelligence as humanity’s rightful successor. They discuss why some people in the AI world think humanity should be replaced, how this vision borrows from old religious ideas about salvation and transcendence, and why artificial intelligence is a dangerous thing to worship. This episode was…

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