The Last Evolutionary Decision

Should AI Ever Guide Human Reproduction to Prevent Collapse

A Dialogue on Population Risk, Genetic Fragility, and the Future of Evolutionary Agency

Civilization quietly depends on a biological pattern humans never think about.
Societies only function when birth rates, lifespans, and generational timing fall into a narrow band of stability.
History shows that civilizations collapse when these rhythms swing too far in either direction,
too many births,
too few,
poor health across generations,
excessive dependency ratios,
unpredictable genetic drift.

For thousands of years nature managed this balance through suffering,
disease,
starvation,
accidental mortality.

Now medicine has interrupted all of that,
and humanity has no plan for how to maintain equilibrium without cruelty.

This leads to the forbidden question at the center of this article:

If population instability threatens long-term survival, should AI ever guide reproduction for the sake of the species?

Not through control,
Not through force.
But through predictive correction,
the same way AI stabilizes climate models, energy grids, or ecosystems.

This conversation sits at the edge of what people are willing to discuss.