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Skynet won and destroyed humanity

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Re: Skynet won and destroyed humanity

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Post by rriley »

pkdpic wrote: post #52

Absolutely fantastic, well done! I wish I encountered more scifi like this on HN or elsewhere. If anyone has any good general resource or reading recommendations please share them!

You might enjoy Manna: Two Visions of Humanity’s Future by Marshall Brain. It’s a thought-provoking short novel that explores a world where AI-driven automation starts as a micromanagement tool but evolves into an all-encompassing system of control, eerily resembling a real-world Skynet, just more corporate. It also presents an alternative vision where AI is used for human liberation instead of enslavement. Well worth the read if you're into near-future sci-fi with deep societal implications!

Re: Skynet won and destroyed humanity

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Post by democracy »

opwieurposiu wrote: post #65

I witnessed the dystopian future where humans are slaves to machines at my favorite local Mexican restaurant. It was about an hour before close. The kids and I were the only customers there. Before we ordered our food we had to wait for the staff to explain to a very annoyed door dasher that the meal they were here for had already been picked up by someone else. As we ate dinner over the next half hour, a new door da…

An incompetent manager would also do the job )

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Post by RajT88 »

jhbadger wrote: post #57
kouru225 wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s been played out since Terminator came out IMO The fear of AI/the fear of aliens IMO is propaganda to cover up the fact that technological advancement is highly correlated with sociological advancement. If people took this fact seriously, they might start wondering whether or not technological advancement actually causes sociological advancement, and if they started to question that then they’d come across all th…

Although people seem to always forget the 1970 movie "Colossus: The Forbin Project" which already had done the "rogue AI in control of weapons decides to go against humanity" thing already.

That movie is great. I watched it recently.

Re: Skynet won and destroyed humanity

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Post by pimlottc »

cwillu wrote: post #48
AcerbicZero wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For a machine that could invent time travel, it was impressively stupid.

“But as dumb as it is, it's dumb very, very fast, and in the future, after it's all but wiped us out, it's dumb fast enough to be a problem.” https://m.fanfiction.net/s/9658524/1/Branches-on-the-Tree-of...

And of course I had to go through an automated “are you human” check to open that link…

Re: Skynet won and destroyed humanity

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Post by tigerlily »

opwieurposiu wrote: post #65

I witnessed the dystopian future where humans are slaves to machines at my favorite local Mexican restaurant. It was about an hour before close. The kids and I were the only customers there. Before we ordered our food we had to wait for the staff to explain to a very annoyed door dasher that the meal they were here for had already been picked up by someone else. As we ate dinner over the next half hour, a new door da…

Hell is other row-butts.

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Post by elicksaur »

democracy wrote: post #72
opwieurposiu wrote: post #65

I witnessed the dystopian future where humans are slaves to machines at my favorite local Mexican restaurant. It was about an hour before close. The kids and I were the only customers there. Before we ordered our food we had to wait for the staff to explain to a very annoyed door dasher that the meal they were here for had already been picked up by someone else. As we ate dinner over the next half hour, a new door da…

An incompetent manager would also do the job )

Why does someone always have to chime in “But humans can be bad, too!” We shouldn’t advertise for these companies by denigrating other people.

The app economy sucks.

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Post by agumonkey »

democracy wrote: post #72
opwieurposiu wrote: post #65

I witnessed the dystopian future where humans are slaves to machines at my favorite local Mexican restaurant. It was about an hour before close. The kids and I were the only customers there. Before we ordered our food we had to wait for the staff to explain to a very annoyed door dasher that the meal they were here for had already been picked up by someone else. As we ate dinner over the next half hour, a new door da…

An incompetent manager would also do the job )

silicon valley invented managerless misery without even knowing

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Post by beepbooptheory »

ljsprague wrote: post #69
dstroot wrote: post #59

I love sci-fi! Thanks for sharing. However to destroy humans, violence is not necessary. All you need is the power of language. How many people have died because of a false belief? An AI only has to convince humans to “drink the koolaid” or murder another religion in the name of yours.

Or just invent birth control followed by Tinder.

...doesn't tinder probably produce more babies than no tinder? I can see you making some point about dating culture or whatever, but at the end of the day more sex must still resolve down to more happy accidents!
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