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Former Google DeepMind engineer Rohan Anil says he is lifting weights to prepare for the technological singularity

Academics questioned if the fitness post was serious or joking

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rohan anil@_arohan_#79inAI

I need to start getting healthier for the singularity. Started lifting very heavy weights.

4:21 PM · Jun 7, 2026 · 15.5K Views
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The problem with the Silicon Valley people is that you don't know if they are serious or not 🤯

rohan anil@_arohan_

I need to start getting healthier for the singularity. Started lifting very heavy weights.

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rohan anil@_arohan_

@ziv_ravid It’s an information bottleneck If I may add.

The problem with the Silicon Valley people is that you don't know if they are serious or not 🤯

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@_arohan_ heavy weights, protein, peptides

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sasuke⚡420@sasuke___420

@_arohan_ don't do SS in particular it just makes u fat and injured. maybe try whatever bro science hero jeff nippard has to say.

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Zeeshan Patel@zeeshanp_

@_arohan_ the only continual weight updates we should care about is our max bench

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ueaj@_ueaj

@_arohan_ Backup plan in case alignment goes wrong and we have to fight Cthulhu in hand to hand combat, obviously

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Lechao Xiao@Locchiu

@_arohan_ In addition to strength training , one of the biggest multiplier is identifying scaling bugs, not much signal when you were young, but slowly eating your healthiness. monitor, benchmark debug health metric is quite rewarding.

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@_arohan_ Actuarial table says I don’t have to do anything, Singularity will either go well and give us all ideal health (and then some) - or badly and your deadlift doesn’t matter against a Terminator.

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DomDom@BeachStreetGrp

@_arohan_ Need diet to match. You should be eating 150g of protein a day.

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Naveesh /wtf@krapstarr

@_arohan_ Like 100b+ models?

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Herbie Bradley@herbiebradley

@_arohan_ you need to get core auto branded 45s !

rohan anil@_arohan_

I need to start getting healthier for the singularity. Started lifting very heavy weights.

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Blissy@BlissyOnX

@_arohan_ strong joints for the robot body upload is a solid long term strategy

(meanwhile im still on couch prep)

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Rugbist@rugbist_

@_arohan_ wait the singularity has a dress code? need to know what peak performance for upload looks like

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Invincible@InvincibleEdge

@_arohan_ this is the most sci-fi motivation to get swole

imagine popping blood vessels for something that might never happen

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NirSD@nirsd

@_arohan_ how heavy, 1T or 2T?

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Chad Brewbaker@SMT_Solvers

@sasuke___420 @_arohan_ SS is a good program for the first month or two. In the limit you want more hang cleans, weighted vest/farmer carry cardio, sprints/jumping, and throws. Deadlift and heavy squats have too much injury factor at high load long term.

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Bruchez@thebruchez

@_arohan_ For the singularity, nice, what are you lifting these days?

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rohan anil@_arohan_

@jeffcafe_ Pull ups helped for Sarah Connor.

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