alt Hacker NewsI also have near zero concerns about that, but I worry that we will wipe ourselves out by social and economic chaos caused by AI.
So I'd just ask everyone, don't get too greedy. Its better to be powerful in a world where people can live good lives than lord over a barren wasteland.
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Yes, the social chaos from the post-factual society is already here. And the frantic job cutting.
And also the end of the open internet, replaced by slop addiction walled gardens.
And of course accelerating climate change with full throttle fossil fuel use to power it all. https://ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/googles-exponential-path-to...
> where people can live good lives than lord over a barren wasteland.
you'd be surprised at how some people prefer to lord over barren wasteland than to have less power.
Not everyone agrees. As Satan said in Paradise Lost, “Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven."
"Everyone will not just"^
^ https://squareallworthy.tumblr.com/post/163790039847/everyon...
"don't get too greedy" - I don't know if the people that should hear that would ever actually hear it. Or have ever heard it at any point in history.
>So I'd just ask everyone, don't get too greedy.
Oh no. I have some bad news for you.
We're creating unlimited power before solving unlimited greed.
> I also have near zero concerns about that, but I worry that we will wipe ourselves out by social and economic chaos caused by AI.
Since people exercise their skills and brains less, deferring to AI, AI will only reduce our IQ.
Since people will spend more time talking to their AI bot than fostering social skills, AI will only reduce our social intelligence.
A dumber, less social world, is far less likely to be a successful world, even if the tools available are unprecedented.