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Re:Why I don't think AGI is imminent by BobbyJo on Monday February 16, 2026 @12:01AM (#47031079)
As a young adult in 2007, what cliff were we close to?

The GFC was a big recession, but I never thought society was near collapse.

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Re:Why I don't think AGI is imminent by zeroonetwothree on Monday February 16, 2026 @12:29AM (#47031206)
It felt like the entire global financial system had a chance of collapsing.
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Re:Why I don't think AGI is imminent by edmundsauto on Monday February 16, 2026 @12:31AM (#47031226)
We were pretty close to a collapse of the existing financial system. Maybe we’d be better off now if it happened, but the interim devastation would have been costly.
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Re:Why I don't think AGI is imminent by verzali on Monday February 16, 2026 @06:14AM (#47033667)
We weren't that far away from ATMs refusing to hand out cash, banks limiting withdrawals from accounts (if your bank hadn't already gone under), and a subsequent complete collapse of the financial system. The only thing that saved us from that was an extraordinary intervention by governments, something I am not sure they would be capable of doing today.
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