deuce-ish: If my kid has to fight a war over water scarcity for me to watch Stephen Hawking drop into...

Open discussion on the future of AI and society - Figs October 29, 2025, 8:32:40

I supported lower tax rates so rich could get richer to expand the economy- - groupguy October 31, 2025, 8:56:16
Sidejack…you’ve been AI’ed tomorrow. How are you occupying yourself? - haighter October 30, 2025, 20:06:53
- Sidney Sweeny's wardrobe consultant. * - osklister October 31, 2025, 9:05:22
  - Some things are best left to the imagination. - GAIllini October 31, 2025, 9:36:43
- I've always said that if I were to win the lotto, I would spend some time building houses for HFH. - Figs October 31, 2025, 8:02:20
  - HFH is a virtue signal marketing device. If you want to help the poor go - fratstud October 31, 2025, 9:41:27
    - I've done that also. But I like building things* - Figs October 31, 2025, 9:43:01
      - They are usually shitty built and depress the value of other houses in the area. * - harb99 October 31, 2025, 9:46:06
        
        My experience, is that they are usually built in places that are already pretty depressed. - Figs October 31, 2025, 9:53:37
        
        That didn’t happen for my past coworker. Several built in her neighborhood, one next door….value of - harb99 October 31, 2025, 10:09:14
        
        That is generally unusual, because HFH is looking for inexpensive land. - Figs October 31, 2025, 10:11:11
        
        Possibly. Knowing some of those involved in the planning, something under the table was likely going - harb99 October 31, 2025, 10:14:47
  - When I worked at BellSouth we were able to take a day from - GAIllini October 31, 2025, 8:24:08
What will technology make almost free and what not? - groupguy October 30, 2025, 17:46:37
The Villainess and I talk about this all the time as well. - villain October 30, 2025, 15:09:58
- I agree with the sentiment - ghost_of_clt October 31, 2025, 7:35:27
- Don’t underestimate the value of elite engineering - Potomac October 30, 2025, 16:53:21
I am unhappy about the impact on the electrical grid & demand - Potomac October 30, 2025, 12:25:16
- It's crazy * - GAIllini October 31, 2025, 9:38:56
- If my kid has to fight a war over water scarcity for me to watch Stephen Hawking drop into... - haighter October 30, 2025, 12:28:25
“Things with your hands”… - haighter October 30, 2025, 8:18:06
- I considered that. But the things that Optimus can do already - Figs October 30, 2025, 9:33:06
  - First, I am admittedly very ignorant about AI but give me a little rope here... - haighter October 30, 2025, 11:01:04
    - This is exactly the kind of conversation I was driving at. Thank you. - Figs October 30, 2025, 12:03:50
      - I think to your last point, we start to get into what FratStud hit upon... - haighter October 30, 2025, 12:23:02
        
        "We can but did we consider if we should" - Figs October 30, 2025, 12:56:22
        
        Have you read Dr. Kaczynski's seminal 1995 treatise on these issues? It's seriously - fratstud October 30, 2025, 13:07:18
        
        Fuk him and the horse he rode in on. Meechigan traitor. * - osklister October 30, 2025, 16:14:43
        
        I have not* - Figs October 30, 2025, 16:02:05
        
        Right...but if our economy and our personal safety and solitude are derived... - haighter October 30, 2025, 13:06:18
        
        That would be my best. guess Some sort of guaranteed minimum income. - Figs October 30, 2025, 16:01:27
        
        And Vonnegut went deep into this in Player Piano, which I think is his - fratstud October 30, 2025, 13:15:17
        
        So again...dystopian and "why are we doing this?" Just "because"... - haighter October 30, 2025, 13:20:47
        
        The backdrop of Player Piano is it was done out of necessity because - fratstud October 30, 2025, 13:30:44
        
        Para 174 outlines options, UBI seems the least horrible in the short run: - fratstud October 30, 2025, 13:11:47
    - You are a small scale producer that has some sort of pricing power due - fratstud October 30, 2025, 11:55:39
    - Also…just cause I like posting pics of the joint… - haighter October 30, 2025, 11:27:31
My take - GAIllini October 30, 2025, 7:51:32
- On 3, I would hope that they build safeguards in. - Figs October 30, 2025, 9:36:44
Having adequately established the two characterists of modern leftism - fratstud October 29, 2025, 8:49:22

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