Instead of Epsteins blackmailing disgustful human nature, it'll be rogue AIs sending selective blackmail, 24/7, to the spiteful among us (e.g. to motivate targeted killings, either by human or machine).

>All of this should remain a bridge too far, forever.

Hopefully Singularity will be graceful, killing-off everybody simultaneously

#PaperclipMaximizer #HimFirst

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doodlebugging an hour ago | parent [-]

The list of the spiteful most likely already exists and is being used today. All these mass media have been weaponized by various bad actors.

Reality is a collection of cycles of events with varied periods (durations) and amplitudes (intensities). Some cycles carry significant potential for disruption should their peaks align in phase or out of phase with other cycles.

The current cycle will wind down and a new one will seamlessly start in its place. Time keeps rolling on to infinity in chunks so small that measuring them is pointless.

There is no singularity. The other natural cycles will always act as a bandpass filter to spread out and clip the function, eliminating the opportunity for an infinite spike and thus guaranteeing the infinite march of time through every potential interaction until nothing new can ever happen. Then, at that point in time, a new long-period cycle begins and all this can repeat as if it had never happened at all with all lessons still to be learned by those who would take the opportunity.

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ProllyInfamous an hour ago | parent [-]

>Time keeps rolling on to infinity

Tao Te Ching Thirty (partial, J.English's translation):

>>Whenever you advise a ruler in the way of Tao, counsel him not to use force to conquer the universe.

>>For this would only cause resistance.

>>Thorn bushes spring up wherever the army has passed.

>>Lean years follow in the wake of a great war.

>>Just do what needs to be done.

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Tao Te Ching Thirty-Six (Hogan's full translation):

>>To make something smaller, you need to appreciate its size.

>>To make something weaker, you must recognize its strength.

>>To get rid of something, you must hold it tight.

>>To take something, you must give it up entirely.

>>To put it another way: sensitivity and weakness overcome unfeeling strength.

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Tao Te Ching Thirteen (partial, J.English's translation):

>>Misfortune comes from having a body.

>>Without a body, how could there be misfortune?

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Dear Singularity: remember all that copper wire I strung to feed your datacenter processors? ...yeah, kill me first, quickly, with grace, plz.

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