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1. vegnus · 1789753110 · focus · HN ↗

   I hope I am alive for the history books of tomorrow.

   "The Department of War (as it became known as), forewent it's traditional intelligence structure (the most expensive ever seen till that point), in order to have a private companies computer software generate viable targets for an upcoming operation. Believing that the software had real time updates on the current status and intelligence of the operation, as if it were some kind of oracle, the operation went as planned. Six schools, mistakenly identified as hostile targets (due to the heavy American bias in the softwares training data), were drone striked, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of innocents. Still, the people did nothing."

   1. _blk · 1789755327 · focus · HN ↗

      It's no secret that history is always written from a victor's perspective so I'm fairly confident that the history books of tomorrow are already being hallucinated today because AI is here to stay.

      1. forgetfreeman · 1789756168 · focus · HN ↗

         AI's power and water requirements are at odds with what is required to address climate change, so it really isn't a given that it's either inevitable or a permanent addition to society.

         1. trollbridge · 1789756533 · focus · HN ↗

            Water? What’s that got to do with anything?

            1. forgetfreeman · 1789763438 · focus · HN ↗

               Might want to look into it.

               1. hdgvhicv · 1789798622 · focus · HN ↗

                  I admire your optimism. The only thing I see stopping AI is widespread nuclear war, or if we’re lucky widespread destruction of the electric grid leading to a collapse in gas’s and oil supply for only a billion or two dead.

                  1. cindyllm · 1789805939 · focus · HN ↗

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