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2old4acoolname t1_j223qjv wrote

Before we could even begin to discuss crew for a generational ship. We would need to develop technologies that would mimic a complex, fully enclosed ecosystem, the infrastructure to safely transport that ecosystem through the many dangers of space outside of our heliopause, and the tech to maintain that structure. When we say a “long way off”. What you should read is “not within a generational time line where the details of our lifetimes would be remembered accurately”. The people that will successfully pull this off are so far in our future, they won’t have an accurate understanding of what our lives are currently like or the events that make up our lives. So their decision criteria is probably beyond our ability to guess.

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ChaoticEvilBobRoss t1_j22eynb wrote

OR those who develop it will actually be A.I. which we may be on the verge of creating here in the next few decades or so. The potential for a being like that far outstrips our own. It really could speed up this entire timeline and hopefully save us from ourselves. But since I'm not an optimist, it'll likely be infected by our biases and dark traits and just destroy us.

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Wakandanbutter t1_j2397qi wrote

Yeah but that would make it kinda dumb in my eyes. I feel like the smarter you get the less you’d fight unless it’s 100%. Like how in anime the old powerful dudes have a mental battle and figure out who can win before even breathing

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2old4acoolname t1_j23vwvh wrote

Experts aren’t experts until they are historians. And I get that. So take this for what it is. Every expert I’ve read says that this AI explosion is not the one everyone fears. The AI’s being developed now are more akin to a smart hammer, than a replacement for a roofer. It will be a useful tool, not a human replacement.

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