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dlenski 15 hours ago

I read about 60% of it and skimmed the rest and my conclusion is:

Man, I just. don't. care.

Why should I worry about this hypothetical future dystopia, which seems to me incredibly unlikely to come to pass, rather than the glaring and terrifying current dystopia being enacted by Donald Trump in the USA?

morkalork 14 hours ago | parent [-]

At this point I'm like, if it happens it happens. There's no point caring because I'm the equivalent of an ant in the grand scheme of things.

tonyedgecombe 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Not being part of the problem is the base level for me. Beyond that I think you need to be fairly stoical about the whole thing.

matheusmoreira 14 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

There's got to be something we can do though...

justonepost2 14 hours ago | parent | next [-]

of course there’s things we could do on a societal level. nothing’s actually inevitable. but we won’t do anything, because the normative argument (we’re condemning people to die of cancer if we don’t put all our resources into the fastest possible AI development) will win every time.

morkalork 14 hours ago | parent [-]

If we're going to go that direction, let's get the AI to re-write some of our DNA and go the full transgenic sci-fi arc

justonepost2 14 hours ago | parent [-]

I’m all set thanks

morkalork 14 hours ago | parent [-]

Well don't worry, it probably wouldn't be us or our progeny going on that adventure

morkalork 14 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

You could write a blog post analyzing a few of the what-if scenarios