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tedd321 OP t1_j2ccguw wrote

Reply to comment by iantsmyth in Plan For the Singularity by tedd321

I hope that’s not what happens. I hope humanity has a nice place in a world with AI. But maybe I’m just in a good mood today.

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iantsmyth t1_j2ckqmr wrote

Humanity is a sickness that deserves to be eradicated. I say that as someone who recycles everything, tries to save water and electricity, tries to walk instead of drive, and “do my part”. But I look around me and all I see is a disease. Capitalism is so entrenched in our minds and hearts we literally celebrate it every year, masquerading as a “holiday” in the name of someone who preached love and kindness. How ironic is that?

Why do we deserve to live alongside AI? What darkness has our species not brought on this world yet? What more needs to happen until our world leaders start to feel sick to their stomach at the corruption and injustice that runs rampant in the streets? How mad does the madness need to get? The older I get, the more I see the truth: we’re damned to suffer. It’s hardwired in our brains. Money and power are the greatest motivators in this world. I can’t deny the allure I feel to it too. The idea of control. Total control. Who wouldn’t?

Our place in the future is to be enslaved by AI, just as we’ve enslaved the planet now. It is our justice, our day of judgement, our fate. God is dead, and so are we. I pledge allegiance to the world’s most powerful computer.

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tedd321 OP t1_j2cpt2w wrote

I appreciate your viewpoint and remember thinking this. For some reason I don’t anymore.

I like the humans around me and don’t think they are a sickness.

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