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Re:AI’s big rift is like a religious schism by izzydata on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @11:23PM (#38622622)
Maybe the internet did cause massive social upheaval. It just looks a lot more boring in reality than imagined. I get the feeling the most advanced LLMs won't be much different. In the future maybe that's just what we will call computers and life will go on.
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Re:AI’s big rift is like a religious schism by salynchnew on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @01:30AM (#38623455)
Exactly. What if the singularity happens and everything is still boring?

I imagine our world would be mostly incomprehensible to someone from the 1400s (the lack of centricity of religion, assuming some infernal force is keeping airplanes aloft, etc., to say nothing of the internet). If superintelligent AI really does take over the world, I image the most uncomfortable part of it all will be explaining to future generations how we were just too lazy to stop it.

Assuming climate change doesn't get us first.

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Re:AI’s big rift is like a religious schism by tsunamifury on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @02:23AM (#38623747)
You mean like empty downtowns and no stores or social engagement and everyone just sitting at home in front of devices all day? That kind of boring singularity? Yea … what if…
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Re:AI’s big rift is like a religious schism by kridsdale3 on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @06:03PM (#38635475)
We marched right in to the Matrix ourselves, because it's fantastic at giving dopamine.
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