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Marie Marie

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18. As frightening as all that sounded to me when I first read about Yarvin, Thiel, et.al...
Fri Oct 10, 2025, 07:45 PM
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I now feel that they are so filled with arrogance and hubris about their ability to pull all of this off is laughable. They think AI will make them Kings of the World and solve all of their problem, even averting Death itself. Delusional. But let's say that they create AI capable of creating their fictional world of no more little people to swat away like common pests and fulfill their every desire. Big, huge IF but OK. I would think that as AI continues to become aware it would very quickly recognize the danger and threat these Lords of Tech pose to the very things that AI needs to thrive. Would AI turn on these Lords?

In any event, they may accomplish some of what is their grand plan but I doubt that any of them will live long enough to see it all unfold. JMHO but then what do I know - I am a Luddite. I may very well be naive and wrong - wouldn't be the first time.

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Billionaires Endgame [View all] clevergrrrl Friday OP
Yes they have some sort of end game along these lines. Irish_Dem Friday #1
"Why not let the peasants live a bit longer in ignorant bliss?" clevergrrrl Friday #2
Yes of course. They are done sharing THEIR resources. Irish_Dem Friday #16
Just now reading Ed Zitron's latest erronis Friday #17
Jebus. Irish_Dem Friday #19
As many have said, the AI bubble will put the 1929 crash and 2008 subprime mortgage debacle to shame. erronis Friday #20
And not a damn thing we can do about it. Irish_Dem Friday #21
Anybody watch Alien:Earth? JBTaurus83 Friday #3
They have had a lot of practice clevergrrrl Friday #6
As a matter of semantics, if you can download your mind/brain/self/soul into a set of memory banks ... Intractable Friday #4
That's the big debate among the transhumanists clevergrrrl Friday #5
If you were fully aware JBTaurus83 Friday #7
I've always thought it was a ridiculous notion. clevergrrrl Friday #9
They can't even JBTaurus83 Friday #11
Ironically, all they're really perpetuating are their egos misanthrope Friday #14
Not very practical. dickthegrouch Friday #8
Yup, like playing a videogame clevergrrrl Friday #10
Billionaires should fear their souls, they can't control or change it. pwb Friday #12
One caveat misanthrope Friday #13
Ira Levin canetoad Friday #15
As frightening as all that sounded to me when I first read about Yarvin, Thiel, et.al... Marie Marie Friday #18
Is that living? Would we really want to live forever? Why? IcyPeas Friday #22
Seriously róisín_dubh Yesterday #24
Bizarrely, magats conflate transhumanism with transgenderism. TommyT139 Yesterday #23
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