ControlsFreak
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ControlsFreak
2d ago
I agree the AI discussion is boring, because the things being discussed are simply speculations
Also riffing off this paragraph in the OP:
Unsurprisingly, discussion is good when there's something new and shiny to discuss. But eventually, you start to run out of things to talk about. People have been complaining about this problem with regards to the "classic" culture war issues for at least a good 3 or 4 years now. In the time period from 2014-2018, there was still a sense that it was all brand new: people were being forced to think about questions and perspectives that they had never thought about before, they were still figuring out how to make sense of their own positions and the positions of others. But now it's all well-trodden ground. You can only rehash the same foundational questions about race and free speech so many times before people on both sides start to think "yes, I've seen it all before, I know how this ends".
There's always room for some new angles. For example, one could say that it's not just speculation. It's prophecy. So let's dig up another old, now boring, too-well-trodden ground from the atheism/religion wars. One of the now boring directions was a striving to find ways to make Christianity falsifiable. Good news! We have a good old fashioned prophet showdown!
In one corner, wearing the red trunks, we have, "If anyone builds it, everyone dies." In the other corner, wearing the blue trunks, we have, "And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened."
Now this is podracing prophecy! We'll finally get to see. Er, well, our robot descendants may finally get to see. All that atheists need to do to prove that Christianity is false is make sure that they manage to kill everyone!
Laughs in:
It's the gift that keeps on giving. Constantly contradicting oneself, all the way to the point of denying that anything ever happened, even when the links are there for anyone to click on.
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