We need AGI/ASI to hit and be a good thing.
Why would it be a good thing?
Ask HN: Are you an optimist for the next 10 years?
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#12Obviously. There is nothing more ignorant that to be pessimistic just because of being in the midst of another crisis. It is your fear and instincts speaking, not reason. Because logically- mankind had never had a crisis that didn’t end up with another phase of growth that reached new heights. No reasons to assume things are gonna be different just because you witness it. It is exactly because of crisis things get be…
>mankind had never had a crisis that didn’t end up with another phase of growth that reached new heights.
Will I be part of this amazing growth?
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#14No. I think I’ll probably manage OK, but in the US at least it’s going to be pretty grim for a lot of people unless something drastically changes. Beyond the next few decades the effects of climage change are going to be hard to avoid unless you’re particularly wealthy.
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#16Obviously. There is nothing more ignorant that to be pessimistic just because of being in the midst of another crisis. It is your fear and instincts speaking, not reason. Because logically- mankind had never had a crisis that didn’t end up with another phase of growth that reached new heights. No reasons to assume things are gonna be different just because you witness it. It is exactly because of crisis things get be…
> mankind had never had a crisis that didn’t end up with another phase of growth
The fact that we keep discovering ancient civilizations that are no more, and we were not even aware of their existence until recently, argues against this point.
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#17Someone will win big in the next decade. The question is will it be you? Me? China? Europe? USA? That we don’t know.
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#18Someone will win big in the next decade. The question is will it be you? Me? China? Europe? USA? That we don’t know.
Oligarchs gunna Oligarch.
But the consolidation and the .001% have really gottten in bed together in a way that they never could before. With all their assets intrisincly entangled in the global economy, AI is here to bring the next level of wealth extraction for them, greater authoritarianism and a globalisation like we havent seen.
The wars we are fighting are for who is going to be in charge of the dominant AI entanglements in finance, industry, pharma/health, media, tech, defense, security.
I am optimistic that it will be another tier in the tech evolution I've seen in my life - but a Rising tide of control of how a populous uses/benefits/consumes/produces in a complete AI entangled world, raises all authoritarian systems.
Its bleak for anyone who cant integrate into the Entanglement.
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#19Someone will win big in the next decade. The question is will it be you? Me? China? Europe? USA? That we don’t know.
if I can break into tech? then maybe it's me.
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#20Someone will win big in the next decade. The question is will it be you? Me? China? Europe? USA? That we don’t know.
Oligarchs gunna Oligarch. But the consolidation and the .001% have really gottten in bed together in a way that they never could before. With all their assets intrisincly entangled in the global economy, AI is here to bring the next level of wealth extraction for them, greater authoritarianism and a globalisation like we havent seen. The wars we are fighting are for who is going to be in charge of the dominant AI ent…
but who? how does it begin? what are your thoughts on 2024-2028