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Re:The Gentle Singularity by slibhb on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @09:34PM (#44243369)
> a million plus people die from malaria and AIDS combined each year

These are political problems not technological problems.

Re:The Gentle Singularity by Avicebron on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @09:56PM (#44243484)
we should separate the language a bit here, technological problems are political problems inasmuch as corporations and the individuals who harness that infrastructure to gain immense wealth proclaim themselves eminent technologists who exert influence over the political sphere through monetary feedback mechanisms that are created by selling technical solutions to political problems.
Re:The Gentle Singularity by michaelbarton on Wednesday June 11, 2025 @05:23PM (#44251965)
yeap! that was exactly my point, it was I reference to sama’s point in the article about super intelligence creating new cures