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PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

This makes sense if you think of “progress” since WWII, overall peoples’ lives and standard of living improved because of technology and progress in other areas.

Today, we don’t see things like politics as being able to “progress”. The thought of technology progressing further at an exponential rate is scary because we don’t understand it and there could be some real consequences.

And of course, the ones who control said technology like AI are the billionaires who control so many other things and have bunkers in New Zealand or what have you for when it all goes to shit - largely because of their bad decisions that got us here in the first place.

So yeah…there was a time when “the future” was exciting. Now it’s just terrifying because it doesn’t seem like there is any practical way to avoid whatever bad thing awaits us. And those who truly could make a difference have noped the fuck out and decided that we should just all go to Mars instead of trying to improve things here….those who can afford the ticket, of course.

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Agent_Engelbert@linux.community ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Imagine Saudi Arabia in 10 + years.

With all the weapons that they have also purchased from USA, with all the mutual agreements.

Them being a non human right country, which had abused its own powers. The alliance that it had formed with Iran and China, despite their crimes towards human rights, just as well. We’re in for a hell of a future to deal with, after biden flies away with his golden parachute that is - probably in a far far away land.

And trump supporters lunatics are going to increasingly think that trump is the solution.

To hell with them all. And the grand court; what’s it going to do ? Cave in to the masses demands ? It’s a great feat of them, all on its own, to be complicit to all the things that has transpired thus far in the years we have endured without as much voicing their opposition to all of that which is sought to be immoral and unethical by all standards of maintaining human-rights.

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- Syntha@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Take your pills man
  
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TimeSquirrel@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

The thought of technology progressing further at an exponential rate is scary because we don’t understand it and there could be some real consequences.

What's stopping us from understanding? Crack open a book, take some classes, look at Youtube tutorials. You can understand it just as well as them and NOT live not knowing what's behind the magic red curtain that makes everything work. It's not magic, actually.

I'm over 40 years old and I'm still learning new things, and even incorporating AI into my programming workflow now. I wish they had this shit 20 years ago.

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