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Aphrozen t1_j64mnjq wrote

Reply to comment by FibroBitch96 in AI has designed bacteria-killing proteins from scratch – and they work by Ok_Champion6840

But in a world where we are too old to discover the world and too young to discover the stars, we were at real risk of being an era of complacency. At least here we have a chance to make our existence worthwhile

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Trindler t1_j66huty wrote

Unless everything collapses, which is still a real possibility if we can't get climate change under control or nukes begin flying, idk if there will ever be another Era of complacency given how things are going. It's wild too, because in ancient history literally most of it was complacency, and now there's groundbreaking tech almost every week

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Aphrozen t1_j67r1xi wrote

I’m sure they thought the end of the world was going to occur during the Plague, and still they prevailed. The story will continue constantly as long as humans exist and we’re pretty damn resilient

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Darryl_Lict t1_j66dqxl wrote

I'm an old fart, and I feel like there's a reasonably good chance that I'll be able to orbit the planet for an amount within striking distance.

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Cpt_Ohu t1_j67ft6l wrote

Our species probably won't discover the stars in the way you imagine. Our existence is already made worthwhile, from the perspective of having an impact. We poisoned our environment and killed almost all wildlife while using up millions of years of compressed sun energy within a few centuries. Unless we somehow find another source of energy on the same magnitude, our technologically prepped up society won't even make it through the next 200 years. Never mind making it off this planet.

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tritikar t1_j67kqok wrote

Lol, if you think that the collapse of our modern civilisation will be because we run out of energy you are sadly mistaken. There are plenty of ways we might see the collapse of modern society and civilisation. Running out of energy isn't one of them. We will NEVER run out of energy!! Not unless we are such a successful species that we colonies the galaxy and beyond and survive to witness the heat death of the universe, and even then it won't be homosapiens who run out of energy. But some distant descendant species.

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Cpt_Ohu t1_j67ljh7 wrote

You seem to be misunderstanding. We will not run out of energy. We will run out of cheap energy with high returns. That's what matters.

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tritikar t1_j680x7m wrote

No we won't. I mean temporarily sure the cost of energy will increase until it reaches a point that it makes the expenditure required to develop the infrastructure for other erergy options economically viable.

After that, near limitless energy that is far cheaper to generate than the current paradigm.

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tritikar t1_j682hbm wrote

Also I think you have misunderstood me.

I don't mean run out of energy as in "have zero energy available to us". Of course I realise that's not what you meant. I mean run out of energy as in "no longer have enough energy to maintain our current level of modern civilisation". Which correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that's what you are suggesting will happen to us within the next 200 years?

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willowhawk t1_j680ipy wrote

Too old to discover the world, too young to discover the stars but the right age to discover AI.

I’d say that is pretty exciting, for now.

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SkySweeper656 t1_j65l969 wrote

This is an avenue id rather not explore.

The idea of a computer injecting me with something it created itself is horrifying and Id rather die on my own terms than possibly be killed on an extinction-level deary injection.

Both end with death but at least one doesnt have me witnessing the fall of mankind to an injection by killer AI.

Yes ive seen a lot of scifi movies lmao

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Aphrozen t1_j65lg2s wrote

That’s why we let the Guinea pigs go first lol

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SkySweeper656 t1_j65m9h6 wrote

Who's to say it's not a long-term release thing? Or is designed to only kill human biology? Or even worse, its designed to react to a signal that, if activated, kills the host. And we all carry around tiny transmitters in our pockets these days.

AI is the end of humanity, in one way or another. We already have it generating music for us and creating art for us with seemingly no effort to us. Now we have it creating our cures?

Humanity is doomed.

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Aphrozen t1_j65mlun wrote

I’m sure they said the same thing about the internet— hell, I think when the nuke was invented. But we adapt and overcome as we always will. Besides, we really aren’t important enough for that level of interest. Vast majority of the world do basic jobs, go home, drink, watch tv, and sleep. Nothing of importance worth controlling

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SkySweeper656 t1_j65nq3p wrote

This is different though. This is talking about creating something that thinks

That is no longer a tool or a weapon. That is something sentient to me.

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Aphrozen t1_j65nzwg wrote

Then I guess we better adapt or die as a species— AI is inevitable, just up to us to be ready for the better or worse of its fallouts

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