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Re:Silicon Valley’s Obsession with Killer Rogue AI Helps Bur... by geraldhh on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @03:12AM (#35066514)
> Why are apocalypse cults always wrong?

because we are still here

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Re:Silicon Valley’s Obsession with Killer Rogue AI Helps Bur... by roenxi on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @03:25AM (#35066606)
If there was an apocalypse cult in ancient Pompeii predicting the mountain would explode and bury everyone with ash, they would not be here. And there easily could have been.

This is not an argument, it is a tautology powered by the anthropic principle.

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Re:Silicon Valley’s Obsession with Killer Rogue AI Helps Bur... by geraldhh on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @04:16AM (#35066880)
that example is a local disaster, not an apocalypse.

but yes, there most certainly were people predicting it and they probably didn't get a chance to enjoy being right.

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Re:Silicon Valley’s Obsession with Killer Rogue AI Helps Bur... by yanderekko on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @03:24AM (#35066598)
That's the consequence of them being wrong, not the cause..
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Re:Silicon Valley’s Obsession with Killer Rogue AI Helps Bur... by geraldhh on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @04:17AM (#35066887)
denying the existence of circular dependencies does not invalidate them
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