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Looks like all those resources burned up for an advanced chat bot are going up in smoke.

We had a good run. Met some good people along the way. Unfortunately it will end in the same way as “don’t look up”.

Enjoy your time on this planet. Stop grinding for a mega corporation.

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It will end with a giant meteor striking the earth?

Because of chat bots?

I'm not connecting the dots.

(Unless this is a general "in the long term survival rate for everyone drops to 0.")

I suppose I’ve been a systems type thinker all my life and so it is strange to me how rarely most people connect dots. To me it is quite clear that the GP was referencing the externalities of fossil fuel based energy (the movie itself was a very thinly-veiled analogy for the same). Given that lack of systemic thinking as a species, it had become quite clear that we will indeed burn up all our resources to build as many paperclips or some other widget as possible. Look up “paper clip maximizer” for that reference if you’d like.

Ah. Well I'm glad chat bots aren't summoning a giant earth-smashing asteroid.

Although it sounds like they are doing something with similar effects.

Have faith, young xyst. The world is not as hopeless as some would have you believe. God is good, and he doesn't leave the faithful behind.

Not sure where you saw an opening to insert religion into the discussion, but there are those out there who aren't happy to sit back in ignorant bliss and pretend some spiritual entity will just swoop in to clean up the mess we've made.

I for one am happy there are more people interested in finding solutions to problems than there are lazy thinkers who will resign themselves to believing problems just fix themselves without input.

God gives many wisdom to see a solution. Ask him and see

I'd you told me this a couple years ago I'd give the same reaponse as the reply above

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