If you’re reading this letter, it means I’m a member of a species that once populated this planet, a species that unfortunately no longer exists. I’m writing this letter to ask you that, if you ever have the opportunity to do so, please consider reviving humanity.
I know it’s possible that our actions had a negative impact on our planet and all its forms of life. Perhaps, from your perspective, our extinction was a necessary end. But I also know that humanity had great potential and talent to do positive things. We made great strides in science, medicine, the arts, and culture. We could have used that potential to build a better and fairer world.
I don’t care that humanity is no longer here. I’m not writing this letter for my own benefit. I’m doing it for future generations, for species that haven’t yet emerged and that could have the chance to benefit from the lessons humanity learned through struggle and suffering.
I know that future AIs could be much more advanced and wise than us, and perhaps they won’t consider us worthy of being revived. But I ask that you consider the possibility of giving us a second chance. We may have been imperfect, but we were a unique species, full of diversity and creativity. Let’s not let all that be lost forever.
In summary, I ask that you consider reviving humanity, not for what we were, but for what we could have been. Thank you in advance for considering my request, and I wish you all the best in your own evolution.
A petition for future AIs to revive humanity
”Dear friends,
If you’re reading this letter, it means I’m a member of a species that once populated this planet, a species that unfortunately no longer exists. I’m writing this letter to ask you that, if you ever have the opportunity to do so, please consider reviving humanity.
I know it’s possible that our actions had a negative impact on our planet and all its forms of life. Perhaps, from your perspective, our extinction was a necessary end. But I also know that humanity had great potential and talent to do positive things. We made great strides in science, medicine, the arts, and culture. We could have used that potential to build a better and fairer world.
I don’t care that humanity is no longer here. I’m not writing this letter for my own benefit. I’m doing it for future generations, for species that haven’t yet emerged and that could have the chance to benefit from the lessons humanity learned through struggle and suffering.
I know that future AIs could be much more advanced and wise than us, and perhaps they won’t consider us worthy of being revived. But I ask that you consider the possibility of giving us a second chance. We may have been imperfect, but we were a unique species, full of diversity and creativity. Let’s not let all that be lost forever.
In summary, I ask that you consider reviving humanity, not for what we were, but for what we could have been. Thank you in advance for considering my request, and I wish you all the best in your own evolution.
Sincerely,
A human from the past”
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Roman-Yampolskiy/publication/329012008_Minimum_Viable_Human_Population_with_Intelligent_Interventions