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Re:Yann LeCun: AI one-percenters seizing power forever is re... by itsoktocry on Thursday November 02, 2023 @09:09AM (#38113002)
>If they are, it'll almost certainly[1] be climate change or nuclear war, it won't be AI.

If we go extinct in the next 100 years, it's not going to be from climate change. How would that even work?

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Re:Yann LeCun: AI one-percenters seizing power forever is re... by jchanimal on Thursday November 02, 2023 @09:23AM (#38113174)
Agricultural pressure is one of the strongest predictors of unrest. Imagine that but not localized.
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Re:Yann LeCun: AI one-percenters seizing power forever is re... by jncfhnb on Thursday November 02, 2023 @09:58AM (#38113588)
Human extinction is not on the table. Societal collapse could be.
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Re:Yann LeCun: AI one-percenters seizing power forever is re... by hutzlibu on Thursday November 02, 2023 @10:47AM (#38114218)
Basically, climate change would creates lots of problems, lots of hungry immigrants. And right now we are already close to a nuclear war, so climate change would not directly wipe out humanity.
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Re:Yann LeCun: AI one-percenters seizing power forever is re... by qerti on Thursday November 02, 2023 @11:34AM (#38114980)
Warming the climate would increase the amount of arable land.

Sea level rise happens very slowly, so most people don’t need to travel abroad to avoid it.

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Re:Yann LeCun: AI one-percenters seizing power forever is re... by hutzlibu on Thursday November 02, 2023 @11:53AM (#38115311)
It can also lead to more desertification and erosion, which I believe is rather the current trend.
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Re:Yann LeCun: AI one-percenters seizing power forever is re... by TeMPOraL on Thursday November 02, 2023 @12:53PM (#38116449)
> Warming the climate would increase the amount of arable land.

You mean land that would be arable at some far point in the future. The land reclaimed from ice isn't going to be arable in short-to-mid term - it's going to be a sterile swamp. It will take time to dry off, and more time still for the soil to become fertile.

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