@liboar
Highly entertaining levels of delusion over here. How are we feeling about the tooth fairy?
Viral tweet claims AI will reverse aging. 15.3% supportive vs 64.8% confronting—public sentiment analysis, key arguments, and biotech/ethical implications.
Real-time analysis of public opinion and engagement
Community concerns and opposing viewpoints
Many replies insist biology is harder than code — citing entropy, trade‑offs, cancer risk and the complexity of hormones and immune systems — and dismiss the idea that models or brute computational power will magically decode immortality.
any real longevity tech will be behind a paywall or reserved for billionaires, producing “Feudalism 2.0” rather than universal benefit.
Several voices worry that freezing people at a biologically youthful age would trap emotional and intellectual immaturity — “eternal reruns,” perpetual trend-following and engineered obedience — with dangerous cultural effects.
fix today’s killers first. Many responders urge focusing on curing cancer, malaria, TB and basic healthcare rather than chasing speculative anti‑aging fantasies while lethal, solvable problems persist.
A detailed thread argues aging is a system‑level equilibrium shaped by evolutionary trade‑offs (IGF1, stem‑cell turnover, metabolism), warning that optimizing singular biomarkers could destabilize immunity and increase degenerative disease.
Numerous replies invoke God, morality, or the natural order — seeing eternal life as spiritually or ethically undesirable, or predicting unintended divine or metaphysical consequences.
Some replies claim tech will be used for population control, surveillance, or to entrench power — echoing anxieties about technocratic states and a “chosen few” surviving while others perish.
The thread is peppered with jokes, memes and mocking comments — from tooth‑fairy comparisons to claims that current AI is “midwit” or can’t even do basic math — signalling a large contingent finds the hype absurd.
Many emphasize “soon” is misleading, predicting decades or centuries of work, and stress that LLMs train on existing human data so they can’t conjure fundamentally new biological truths overnight.
if medical science and datasets are flawed, baked‑in biases, or driven by profit motives, then AI will at best accelerate existing errors rather than deliver true rejuvenation.
Highly entertaining levels of delusion over here. How are we feeling about the tooth fairy?
This won’t be allowed, especially in a world that believes human beings are a scourge to the earth, and must be eradicated like a common parasite
Contrarian take: AI will continue to perform at the 125 IQ level for the foreseeable future. You thought you were making a God- but what you got was a midwit with no personality, mostly suited for mundane tasks
Community members who agree with this perspective
Many replies radiate optimism, calling this future “incredible” or likening AI to a modern Santa Claus — people imagine youth as a manageable, maintained state rather than an inevitability.
Multiple users put timelines in the near term (2025–2035, some as soon as five years) and plead “please hurry,” signaling strong desire for rapid progress and public rollout.
Comments are framed by concrete personal desires — playing competitive sports in old age, regaining a 25-year-old body, helping a disabled 69‑year‑old — which makes the promise feel immediate and human.
Several replies point to precedents like AlphaFold, CRISPR, mRNA, and cell-mapping AI as evidence that protein prediction, pathway modeling, and drug automation can converge to reverse cellular aging.
Beyond restoring youth, some envision augmentation, memory-sharing via nanotech, and cybernetic upgrades — implying the conversation quickly moves from therapy to enhancement.
A few users inject skepticism, jokes, or caveats (keep AI away from art, cyberpunk augs), hinting at cultural and ethical questions even amid the enthusiasm.
Repeated calls for public availability and faster deployment reflect a desire not just for breakthroughs but for equitable, practical access to these technologies.
I could use a rewind on my joints and broken parts for sure. •
Maybe,We are the last generation that has to grow old."
Really looking forward to playing competitive basketball in my 80’s.