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TheHamsterSandwich t1_ix3a4ka wrote

I would make a hard bet that I am more optimistic than anyone on this sub, but this is just plain stupidity. And that's okay, because sometimes we make mistakes.

But the way I'm looking at this post, I can see that you're treating the singularity like a religion of sorts. A benevolent AI will certainly exist at some point in the near future so it will help us out, even if we ruin everything the moment before it shows up.

But that's wrong. The singularity may be near, but putting a date on it is moronic.

Ray Kurzweil (if he makes it to longevity escape velocity) could just say he was "essentially right" if the singularity happens by 2075. It's happened before. So you can't sit around waiting for something to fix your problems.

What if police officers gave up their jobs because an artificial intelligence will replace them soon? What. What the fuck.

People have been ignoring technology since humanity has existed. It's probably best to keep it that way, so people don't lay back and relax while we watch our world die, waiting for true artificial intelligence to emerge.

"Techno messiah, I am ready for the rapture!"

(Please think about this more deeply.)

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