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Technological civilization may be harder than you think it is to keep going, even in the absence of a hostile AI out to conquer the world. You need food, water,
by mitthrowaway2 3y ago
Technological civilization may be harder than you think it is to keep going, even in the absence of a hostile AI out to conquer the world. You need food, water, air, energy, materials, spare parts. Nobody has yet achieved anything like a closed system that can sustain itself.
- c22 3y agoTo be fair, no one has yet needed to do this.
- mitthrowaway2 3y agoAt the time when you need to do it, it's probably too late to try. The one time we attempted to do something similar, it failed, and nobody has tried a second time. How much time do you think it would take to prepare? What if it didn't succeed on the first shot? And how would you prevent the AI that's wipes out the rest of humanity from taking notice of your bubble?
- c22 3y agoI suspect multiple groups are already working on this sort of stuff. I don't expect all of them to succeed, but it only takes a few...