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Unfortunately we seem to have learned we're really not a very benevolent bunch of people because we've basically plundered the planet, hurt our fellow living creatures and so now all we can do is look at something called "AI" and expect it to the same.
Maybe it's all a show trial to show the American people they still care, but let's see what happens.
I mean I don't want to die before my time so to speak, but I'd say at some stage I'll have enough.
I'd say the best outcome would be having excellent medicine to ensure something like a relatively fit body for 1-200 years and then see how that goes first. Living forever, not having any kind of conclusion? Seems like a careful what you wish for.
Even in places like Tokyo, they have to limit their use of A/C because it' so energy intensive due to the crazy amount of heat from the urban heat island effect.
My proof is that they're the oldest surviving civilization on earth and lived mostly a hunter gatherer lifestyle without running out of food and requiring mass scale agriculture to survive.
If we don't turn tide on our fight against climate change dramatically and like, yesterday, there is absolutely no chance my kids will be thinking about having kids. The world will just be a wreck by that point.
Want to fix the birth rate? Make people economically and physically more secure.
I know a lot of people who are pretty minimal in their consumption, but just waking up in the morning and turning on their heating in their poorly insulated apartment means they're significantly contributing to climate change.
Of course manufacturing goods is part of it too, but burning coal, gas and oil is what caused climate change. Not buying clothes or eating food.
This year I plan to consume 6 solar panels and self install them on my barn roof. I'd say this is positive consumption?
I think the panic will come soon though then it will just be too hard to ignore. Might be too late to do much about it by then.
Not just accepting that it's 72 out and that it's nice, nothing to see here, move along.
Like you said, people aren't stupid and should be a bit more conscious of the actual implications of this.
I think what you're describing is actually denial because facing the reality is scary at first.
To me personally the loss of the seasons is one of the most tragic things I've witnessed.We've had 1/10th of the snow we usually have, it's almost all melted already and everything looks kind of depressing. But I know the lack of snow melt will have an impact on farming too, all this for for what? So resources companies were able to profit a bit more?
In Kyoto, Japan last year year, which is famous for the "red leaves" in Autumn which attracts huge swathes of tourists, had no red leaves. To me the loss of the beautiful spectacle is one thing, like, but also concerning as you said, we've tipped some type of scales but who knows how far...maybe it will be ok, maybe it won't.
I'm working out how to grow food hydroponically because I'm concerned food prices will just keep getting more expensive as this worsens and don't want to be left relying on "global trade" for my sustenance.
The point of AI, to tune and refine everything to be objectively better than humans in every possible respect, basically just to see what that looks like, and then potentially reap the economic benefits of this betterment ?
I saw someone on here being excited about when robots can beat humans at soccer, I know we can do this, and I know this will happen, and I guess that's the point, we just want to see what happens. But I personally don't really understand the appeal. People play soccer to win, sure, but they also play for fun.
Being funny is like this too, it's fun. Asking ChatGPT to write a joke for you doesn't seem fun.
We can all calm down a little, it's ok.
Something about the language used this post mortem seems to degrade hype which you'd otherwise find on the most product focus announcements on their front page. It's almost disappointing.
It needs to say:
"We noticed the model was becoming sentient and then pulled the plug when we realized ChatGPT-4 was actually building ChatGPT-5.
Sam Altman is now on his way to the whitehouse to demand the government introduces stricter regulation to squash any competition"
People who don't like Zuckerberg: It's an alternative social network to the Zucks
Network Effects as other have said, but it's a certain type of network now.