Riechmann argues humans should stay the measure of what is human

Jorge Riechmann posted an opinion note on 20 October on his blog, "tratar de comprender, tratar de ayudar". He relays a warning from Giuliano da Empoli: the real "Great Replacement" would not be immigrants arriving to take away people's welfare, but physical, political and social reality being replaced by a cultural reality built more and more by digital systems and artificial intelligence. The note does not say where that quote comes from.

Riechmann does not believe that humans are the measure of all things, but argues they can be the measure of a few, in particular of what is human. He says this principle matters more as Silicon Valley transhumanism advances, which in his words wants an "imaginary" artificial superintelligence to serve as the measure of what is human.

It is the author's opinion, not a finding or a measured forecast.