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How one writer's trip to the annual tech conference CES left him with a sinking feeling about the future.

AI Companies And Advocates Are Becoming More Cult-Like::How one writer’s trip to the annual tech conference CES left him with a sinking feeling about the future.

    • SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      8 months ago

      Accelerationism is “F U I’ve got AI” combined with “you’ve got to burn the world down to rebuild it, so let’s start that fire”

      Singularitarianism is basically the Christian Rapture but with super intelligent AI.

      These ideas have been around some time in tech circles.

      • bionicjoey@lemmy.caEnglish
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        8 months ago

        I regularly see people on Lemmy talk about AGI run countries and governments as though it’s only a couple years away. Bruh it still struggles with fingers. You really think that’s where it will be in a couple of years?

        • rho50@lemmy.nzEnglish
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          8 months ago

          Yeah bro but eXpOnEnTiAl ImProVeMeNt bro!

          And haven’t you heard of Roko’s basilisk? Better be careful what you say on the cybernets, lest our AGI/ASI overlords of 2026 take a disliking to your commentary regarding their eventual supremacy!

          Excuse me while I go back to mining Dogecoin until I can buy enough NFTs to make Elon or Sam Altman notice me.

          /s