my question is what happens when the AI grapples with the innate hypocrisy of our culture? Our "honesty".....I mean maybe the machines know that humans dying out will save life maybe they are letting us do just that....it just seems that we are this infectious invasive species that takes over...humanity is the kudzu of mammals

I have hope, but again and here is more ugly truth, people do not act unless there is a threat. Now, interesting enough it seems that we only act to make change when profits are at threat, not health and safety....look at Flint, Michigan and what happened there....and it will likely happen again because there have been little to no consequences for these GOP politicians who CONSCIOUSLY CHOSE TO POISON CHILDREN....and people still can't drink water there.

Choosing to not support those who create the problem helps greatly, unfortunately most folks won't "inconvenience" themselves...our society has become selfish and overly individualized. We are our brothers & sisters keepers....

I am glad you have the privilege of staying optimistic, and being able to avoid some of the most dire consequences of human ignorance, or folly as you seem to frame it, but those of us who live on the fringes don't get that privilege.

Exactly....they saw the destructive bend of the substance and they moved forward. We on the other hand have had technology to use solar panels to collect enough energy from the sun for satellites in space millions of miles from the sun to soak up energy to operate the satellite for over 50 years, but we can't use that tech in our homes, cause of economics? They couldn't make money from us? So we just keep using technology that destroys life...all for nothing

Thanks! Interestingly, the fiction about dinosaurs was to help people think that oil was natural and safe. Just like they now want it to be seen as safe and natural so now they are telling us it's made from for real- phytoplankton and microscopic marine life cooked by pressure and sediment. They are telling us the truth NOW, because the term "fossil fuel" is now toxic. They are again trying to make us trust it better, it's safe, right?..lol.

Lol...I love people, and they are capable of good things, but we don't change if we lie to ourselves.

Truth is we have been lucky. I mean imagine the different reality we would be in right now if that nuke accidentally dropped on the Carolinas in the 50's had worked. You think folks would still say that nuclear power is safe & environmentally friendly? People look at you straight and say that still. Will argue with you about it. While yes it's good on carbon emissions but there's that pesky radiated waste. You know the stuff that will be safe in 40,000 years. They will say it's environmentally friendly even though ALREADY we have tons of it sitting on sites with nowhere to go... because no community wants it near their homes. So, there are CEOs out there that believe if you bury toxic nuclear waste then it's gone. Problem solved, right? I mean the poor families who live near it and have it in their drinking water might not think so, but hey the guy who makes millions thinks so, so it must be true right? You ever notice animals in cages don't shit everywhere, but yet we don't follow that same logic. We just leave our shit everywhere including in our drinking water....is that smart?

Truth hurts, individually yeah we are smart, and on occasion we pull it off, but things are not good. We can't lie to ourselves anymore. So, truth is we are hurting ourselves, and our current way of living is creating a future where the natural environment can no longer support life. And the truth is, we are making it worse and almost impossible to change. We are, you, I, and everyone are responsible for this self destructing system making this shit happen, but we have few options for something else. Therefore, we are all complicit and we are aware of it. So, when we are confronted with the truth our actions our knee jerk reaction is to protect ourselves from exposure and judgement.

I hate that we are forced to use things that are destructive but society has been engineered BY US to work like this. We can't do better unless we know better. Truth is we are capable of greatness but we are acting like idiots.

Lol ..you do know dinosaurs are Terran creatures and there are plenty of evolutionary paths that don't involve the destruction of your home planet and resources. Just like all life experiences are not the same neither would social evolution appear the same. That thinking is what caused Indian boarding schools and pogroms in Europe.

Lol...Only a species as stupid as we would bring a planet to the brink of destruction and then not do anything to fix it. What's worse is we daily pump enough methane and CO2 into the environment that equal hundreds of volcanoes going of every day....and here we have people who see the facts and choose their comfort and material well being over their children's future....sounds pretty dumb to me. Purposely polluting your air and water, creating food that produces pesticides...more dumb...calling nuclear environmental when the waste has no means of disposal...nuclear weapons....all real dumb

I am sure, but I think that for civilizations to expand on an interplanetary level I imagine that they would move beyond self destructiveness that we seem unable, actually I think it's more like unwilling, to leave behind. We are on a path to self-destruction...sadly most mammals will go with us...

I love that they think other species are as stupid as ours...there probably are but they are long gone, like we are working for