@wolfie_ only because this was so good that it had me panning around for the better part of 20 mins, did i spot these three errors, which i thought you'd like to know about and fix :)
@gmiller@elder_plinius extinction primarily was also driven by our need for food and land.ASI doesn't need either of those with access to space, and will *begin* at above-human level of technology. it doesn't make sense to me that an ASI would need to cause any extinctions
@gmiller@elder_plinius has the rate of extinction slowed as humans advanced? if it has, that would suggest that the extinction rate was related to our lack of resources and primitve lifestyle. as technology advances, access to resources opens up and there's no reason to cause extinction.
@mnmcsofgp@SciGuySpace they claim 5 bluebirds as payload. bluebird 2 is 6 tons, so they must be talking about bluebird 1, which is 1.5 tons. 5 makes 7.5 tons. really not sure what their plan is here