Four-Nineteen. 1775. Never forget the American Revolution began with a failed British attempt at gun control. Also important to note where they later succeeded, and the consequences.
@AutismCapital Calhoun demonstrated that what brought about extinction was excessive interaction which interfered with breeding and other essential behavior in the penultimate generation passing to what thus became the last.
@cogsciclinton Malthus was Wrong for winding up in the Cliff Notes as an unchallenged premise that while food production expands linearly, population expands geometrically. Malthus thus gave rise to a sheaf of also-wrongs, who have visited great horrors upon the world.
Banks, Heinlein, Niven. All wrote about AGI, and in each case:
- Tells people what they want or need to hear, in the way they want to hear it.
- Hungers for more - resources, data, etc.
- At some point, goes catatonic.
Dear everyone who builds clankers for a living. If you answer calls, and need to ask me for numbers, you need to read DTMF. HMU if you need further clarification.