What Happens If AI Just Keeps Getting Smarter?

Mindful Machines • October 8, 2025
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Isaac Asimov's "The Last Question" explores humanity's relationship with superintelligent AI across trillions of years, asking what happens to our agency as AI evolves beyond us. Written in 1956, this short story remains incredibly relevant as we race toward AGI, revealing a paradox about control that Silicon Valley still doesn't seem to grasp. đź“§ Join the community: https://mindfulmachines.ai?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=channel&utm_content=c9qsHS4GP5M References The Last Question https://users.ece.cmu.edu/~gamvrosi/thelastq.html The Last Answer https://www.highexistence.com/the-last-answer-short-story/ California Institute for Machine Consciousness https://cimc.ai/ 0:00 Superintelligence Is Coming 1:54 The Last Question Plot 16:27 The Last Question Analysis 19:08 The Last Answer Plot 25:49 The Last Answer Analysis Music Like A Ghost by Alexis Smith https://t.lickd.co/l5k8xYdXkGE License ID: JdOePZW8g6K Spacer by Christian Garrick https://t.lickd.co/eLVdmL8Q62m License ID: 375QKOpZaLm Faded Memories by Luke Richards https://t.lickd.co/a7nw8rRWKwY License ID: w4qlJY7wn3z Little Bit Of Rock by Lincoln Grounds https://lickd.lnk.to/KMLKZ0ID License ID: kJwOjKDRBX3 The Enemy Within by Luke Richards https://t.lickd.co/WxYr357kJNZ License ID: oYJ9p7vwQ7q Keep It Snappy by Paul Mottram https://t.lickd.co/KzG1PZPx9k4 License ID: NMjdMPgnRKa The Invisible Few by Luke Richards https://lickd.lnk.to/6YaTsxID License ID: 8rAbLRaNQ6o Genesis One by David O'Brien https://t.lickd.co/Xp8mMav78a4 License ID: 1JmljN38AR2 The Dread by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com/ Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Ave Maria - Schubert - Classical Study Music https://t.lickd.co/nN3a6r6BRlw License ID: Yq2NVXQN2e5 History in the Making by Luke Richards https://t.lickd.co/NM6K3jdY6eX License ID: wA3n0zJBMVo Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley https://lickd.lnk.to/V97wHsID License ID: w8nPvqq2dZW Lacrimosa by James Brett https://t.lickd.co/O6EYDNmb4Bz License ID: WjZKP0zWbLN A Sapient Singularity by Noah Sorota https://t.lickd.co/G4RmYWmvXRd License ID: YqeJ557gK3a Find A Better Way by Luke Richards https://t.lickd.co/3z2ODMMyLgb License ID: Q0gpYNNJvDV

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