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That’s just negativity IMO. “Things are hard so we’re definitely doomed for extinction” is... well, at the very least it’s not very scientific. There are good
by bbor 2y ago
That’s just negativity IMO. “Things are hard so we’re definitely doomed for extinction” is... well, at the very least it’s not very scientific.
There are good things too! We recently launched the biggest rocket ever - that was pretty cool. Also we invented computers that can think, which seems likely to be useful! Giving up now would be like giving up in 1924 because corruption was rampant and the Spanish flu was still recent in the mind… our “polio vaccine” or “penicillin” is just around the corner, my friend
- FrustratedMonky 2y agoIt's a conundrum. Lot of good an bad news. Renewable energy is growing. Yet CO2 emissions are accelerating. 1 Step forward, 2 back. It seems we are on the 'business as usual' trajectory. Which on any given day can seem ok.
- bartekrutkowski 2y agoWho and where invented a computer that can think? I must be missing something?
- croes 2y ago>Also we invented computers that can think, No, we didn't. They produce useful text but can't think. And to create these texts we produce more carbon dioxide in the process. And not all AI generated text are useful.
- estebank 2y agoIf your timeline holds, so is the rise of fascism and WW2.
- bbor 2y agoYup… hopefully history turns out to not repeat just this one time. Idk how many more “world” wars we can survive now that we have autonomous weaponry
- BodyCulture 2y agoBig rocket make big CO2, no good.