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[–] 4 points 1 year ago*

I feel like the modern civilization (or at least world order) is likely to collapse before we reach AGI. Either due to this:

relevant xkcd

Or due to the impending climate disaster.

Or due to a certain orange person with alleged dementia nuking China.

I don't think humans will go extinct (not for a while, anyways), but scientific progress will be on pause for a while there.

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