@JeffSalesMind@omgsidewalks Kinda makes sense. If society is a beehive or organism. The power-elite replace the drone people with automata. It’s just a practical swap from their pov. Like wigs, false-teeth, and titanium hips, or the motor replacing the horse.
@ChrisBarber1975 The lethal climate requires superficial niceness and rule-following. In the Klondike, if you used food or firewood from a cabin without replenishing it, they'd hang you on the spot. Evolved into a conservative-herd culture that is easily exploited by freeloaders and corruption.
@JohnWakefieId Agreed Big Ed is a corrupt racket that deserves to collapse. But to the extent that employment will be a thing in the future, employers need an index of IQ and conscientiousness. (They already do the educating.) What will that index be?
@moviecentralx Call the creative team from The Penguin. Sequel to the Sopranos. 20 years later: Tony died in the diner hit. Family not touched. AJ is ostensibly boss but Meadow, Carmela, and Janis (!) are power behind. Chris’s cousin (Imperioli with long hair and a moustache) returns from Italy
@MalingaGalabada Why did they have to use such a piddly little set? Visually bad for TV and they kept knocking pieces over. Piers should given more respect for the win.
@Aella_Girl Eloi and Morlocks? It is a fork in the ethical road whether to stream people by intelligence (and looks?) explicitly or implicitly. The idea that not-at-all is an option seems naive.
@Aella_Girl Agreed. In just months, consumer AI went from passing the Turing test to exhibiting better knowledge, reasoning, speed, and patience than any human I know. The standard explanation falls short. We've always co-evolved with our tools, but we're in for a helluva ride.