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[Scoops Novel]

Habit is the strongest force known to man.

That said, i disagree. Habits can change, and are. Access, people aren't aware of as a problem because it's always a problem.

[Scoops Novel]

What other options do you have beside magic and science?

[Telgin]

Debatably faith, but that probably falls under the umbrella of magic if you consider magic to be anything that can't be analyzed as science.

Or randomness, maybe.  That may be orthogonal to either though, as in the example of quantum mechanics where it's still science despite being random to some extent.

[dragdeler]

Dogma. Isolates the magic part nicely and also exists far from theism.

Other than I guess there is only ignorence left.

[Scoops Novel]

What do you think a man would actually do if you trapped him alone in the jungle for 20 years?

[hector13]

Eat or be eaten.

[Frumple]

Bugs existing, realistically both. It's just a question of how dead they are when being eaten, really.

[King Zultan]

What do you think a man would actually do if you trapped him alone in the jungle for 20 years?

I think it would depend on the skills the guy has but he'd probably be dead.

[EuchreJack]

What do you think a man would actually do if you trapped him alone in the jungle for 20 years?

If he was skilled enough, he'd probably knife the guy that trapped him alone in the jungle on year 21.

[TamerVirus]

What do you think a man would actually do if you trapped him alone in the jungle for 20 years?

If he was skilled enough, he'd probably knife the guy that trapped him alone in the jungle on year 21.

I'm thinking we got ourselves the basic outline to Oldboy 2
FUND IT

[Scoops Novel]

What future would contain both of these two necessary factors?

1. We technologically plateau, due to humanities questionable ability to adapt to accelerating technological progression.

2. AI development is indefinitely disrupted; as it is likely to result in disaster.

• This is unlikely to be done deliberately. Ongoing attempts to slow down AI development are relatively ineffective; it is more likely, in my opinion, that a basic form of AI developed in the near future will either directly increase all individuals power, or lead to technologies that do the same. An example would be the possible implications of Palm AI. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/06/google-palm-ai-artificial-consciousness/661329/
• This universal increase in power could be sufficient to disrupt all AI research indefinitely, with the actions of a minority working in unison.

All this considered, what's the most likely situation that could play out?

[EuchreJack]

...I think you are overestimating Humanity's ability to both recognize future risks and regulate itself out of progress.

There are ~180 countries in the world.  Somewhere, a scientist will find a government that can't be bothered to stop them from researching [insert field here].

[King Zultan]

What future would contain both of these two necessary factors?

1. We technologically plateau, due to humanities questionable ability to adapt to accelerating technological progression.

2. AI development is indefinitely disrupted; as it is likely to result in disaster.

The apocalypse, a technological plateau because people can't create new stuff because they're all dead, AI development is indefinitely disrupted because dead people can't make AI.

There I answered your question in a realistic way.

[EuchreJack]

What future would contain both of these two necessary factors?

1. We technologically plateau, due to humanities questionable ability to adapt to accelerating technological progression.

2. AI development is indefinitely disrupted; as it is likely to result in disaster.

The apocalypse, a technological plateau because people can't create new stuff because they're all dead, AI development is indefinitely disrupted because dead people can't make AI.

There I answered your question in a realistic way.

Ah, but what if the AI is sufficiently advanced at the Apocalypse to finish it's own development? It has the advantage of not needing food/oxygen/water.

Damn, now I want to play HOI4: Fallout Mod again!

[King Zultan]

What future would contain both of these two necessary factors?

1. We technologically plateau, due to humanities questionable ability to adapt to accelerating technological progression.

2. AI development is indefinitely disrupted; as it is likely to result in disaster.

The apocalypse, a technological plateau because people can't create new stuff because they're all dead, AI development is indefinitely disrupted because dead people can't make AI.

There I answered your question in a realistic way.

Ah, but what if the AI is sufficiently advanced at the Apocalypse to finish it's own development? It has the advantage of not needing food/oxygen/water.

Damn, now I want to play HOI4: Fallout Mod again!

But how will the AI keep the power on?