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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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    All I see is somehow realistic science fiction. AGI is still a bullshit goalpost ever moving. The new AGI according to the OpenAI retarded CEO is "chat bot that can buy groceries," is that what you were referring to?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    It doesn't seem to violate guidelines and was a view on the future. Imagine there was some hard reason AGI wasn't possible with silicon. I really can't think of a mechanism but that's still futurism even if it doesn't align with your view of it. It's basically Dune (sure it's fiction and the prequels kind of hinge on AI but the main novels don't and are considered scifi which seems like a reasonable yardstick).

    That said, their follow up is pretty aggressive. I can see that killing community. So would their pessimism I guess but I kind of hope this channel isn't only for soft sci-fi discussions as if they're realistic.

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    [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Inventing the wheel......

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