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		mannyv 30 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AI needs to augment rather than replace humans or ... The hope is that society will turn into Banks' "Culture." The reality is that it'll probably turn into Idiocracy.

dyauspitr 30 days ago | [–]

The race is to make Bank’s culture a reality doesn’t have to depend entirely on human ability. It’s a race to create the minds before we’re too dumb to do so.

VLM 30 days ago | [–]

Idiocracy was at least funny. It'll probably look a lot more like Haiti IRL.

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