← Back to context Comment by afthonos 1 day ago Worse than extinction? 5 comments afthonos Reply chrisco255 3 hours ago Is it really hard for you to imagine that enshrining a cartel and wedding the government to it, centralizing AI even more than it already is, is actually the path that leads to the doomsday scenario you imagine? icantevenhold 1 day ago There are worse fates than extinction, for example living forever, for I have no mouth and I must scream solenoid0937 1 day ago I dunno, being a Culture Mind sounds pretty damn good. Or even just a death-optional citizen in the Culture. taneq 1 day ago The Culture isn’t perfect but it seems like the best possible outcome. I think I’d want to be a fast picket and hang out with Special Circumstances. afthonos 1 day ago Agreed. Ellison’s path to that future went through AI.
chrisco255 3 hours ago Is it really hard for you to imagine that enshrining a cartel and wedding the government to it, centralizing AI even more than it already is, is actually the path that leads to the doomsday scenario you imagine?
icantevenhold 1 day ago There are worse fates than extinction, for example living forever, for I have no mouth and I must scream solenoid0937 1 day ago I dunno, being a Culture Mind sounds pretty damn good. Or even just a death-optional citizen in the Culture. taneq 1 day ago The Culture isn’t perfect but it seems like the best possible outcome. I think I’d want to be a fast picket and hang out with Special Circumstances. afthonos 1 day ago Agreed. Ellison’s path to that future went through AI.
solenoid0937 1 day ago I dunno, being a Culture Mind sounds pretty damn good. Or even just a death-optional citizen in the Culture. taneq 1 day ago The Culture isn’t perfect but it seems like the best possible outcome. I think I’d want to be a fast picket and hang out with Special Circumstances.
taneq 1 day ago The Culture isn’t perfect but it seems like the best possible outcome. I think I’d want to be a fast picket and hang out with Special Circumstances.
Is it really hard for you to imagine that enshrining a cartel and wedding the government to it, centralizing AI even more than it already is, is actually the path that leads to the doomsday scenario you imagine?
There are worse fates than extinction, for example living forever, for I have no mouth and I must scream
I dunno, being a Culture Mind sounds pretty damn good. Or even just a death-optional citizen in the Culture.
The Culture isn’t perfect but it seems like the best possible outcome. I think I’d want to be a fast picket and hang out with Special Circumstances.
Agreed. Ellison’s path to that future went through AI.