Comment by sassymuffinz
7 days ago
I'm creating a new start up called QuantumFlop Electricity - there's a 10% chance it will cause a black hole to open up in the Atlantic Ocean that may eventually consume us all but a 50% chance we'll have unlimited clean energy. We'll never know for sure if at any point that black hole may open as it's borrowing energy from the 81st dimension, but the upside seems pretty good.
Should I be able to get on with it?
Funny, I was just rereading the Hyperion series. It says there clearly that it was the AIs that created the black hole that led to the destruction of Old Earth. Intentionally.
I've never read the book but I assume there were some sycophants who were praising the AI right up until it created a black hole that destroyed the planet.
Great space opera, try it if you like the genre. It wasn't exactly like that but I've already spoiled it too much.