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Imagine thinking the world is going to collapse the same year we get extremely useful AI, Starship will likely circle the Earth, LK-99, huge leap in fusion glob
by merpnderp 3y ago
Imagine thinking the world is going to collapse the same year we get extremely useful AI, Starship will likely circle the Earth, LK-99, huge leap in fusion global wind and solar grow faster than ever, incredibly low unemployment, massive GDP growth, plus a major prospect for curing cancer.
Has the future ever looked this bright?
- vidanay 3y agoThe future's so bright, I gotta wear shades.
- paulpauper 3y agoextremely useful AI unless you believe the AI will destroy us
- RetroTechie 3y agoDepending on point of view, that may qualify as useful.
- RetroTechie 3y agoTechnological progress is amazing, yes. But it comes at the cost of destruction of the natural environment that supports us. Some of that is unavoidable in order to have progress. Much of it is just wasteful, stupid practices driven by selfishness & pursuit of short-term profit. I hope humanity can cut that waste & move towards long-term thinking. Where personal interests are more or less inseparable from the interests of society as a whole. Improve society, the natural environment, and you (& all your loved ones) profit.
- johnea 3y agoYea, it looks pretty bright for the shareholders of those technologies. but it's sucking for vast majority of the population. That's what the article is about. You did see the graph right? The disconnect between wages and productivity growth in 1972?
- Eji1700 3y agoWell to throw it out there, I disagree with the article author's pessimism and most of your beliefs as well? I think AI is going to be a very very mixed bag and mostly encourage even more obnoxious behaviors/practices as it's adopted, I think starship is heavily overblown, LK-99 is interesting but looking to not be a superconductor, and while we've had leaps in fusion we're still 10-50 years from a a reactor.