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The Cold War was an arms race that gave us wonderful things: amazing technologies we still use today (GPS, the Internet) and the collapse of the soviet union.
by neonstatic 2mo ago
The Cold War was an arms race that gave us wonderful things: amazing technologies we still use today (GPS, the Internet) and the collapse of the soviet union.
- camgunz 2mo ago"Were we on the brink of a nuclear holocaust multiple times? Maybe yes, maybe no. But hey Google Maps!"
- neonstatic 2mo ago"Were we on the brink of that thing that we already did in Japan and nothing happened a few times? Oh my god, I need to hide in a cave and never do anything outside again" I can play that game, too.
- camgunz 2mo agoI honestly have no idea what this word salad means.
- mdp2021 2mo agoIt means that not all risks justify stall.
- camgunz 2mo agoOf course not. Even the developers of AI admit there's a huge risk though, no? Even they are calling for a slowdown. Do you think you know more than they do?
- mdp2021 2mo agoI know well enough; I'd be surprised if they know more than I do. And I also know very heavily that we cannot stall into societies of empowered deficient humans.