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18. As frightening as all that sounded to me when I first read about Yarvin, Thiel, et.al...

Fri Oct 10, 2025, 07:45 PM

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I now feel that they are so filled with arrogance and hubris about their ability to pull all of this off is laughable. They think AI will make them Kings of the World and solve all of their problem, even averting Death itself. Delusional. But let's say that they create AI capable of creating their fictional world of no more little people to swat away like common pests and fulfill their every desire. Big, huge IF but OK. I would think that as AI continues to become aware it would very quickly recognize the danger and threat these Lords of Tech pose to the very things that AI needs to thrive. Would AI turn on these Lords?

In any event, they may accomplish some of what is their grand plan but I doubt that any of them will live long enough to see it all unfold. JMHO but then what do I know - I am a Luddite. I may very well be naive and wrong - wouldn't be the first time.

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Billionaires Endgame [View all] clevergrrrl Oct 10 OP

Yes they have some sort of end game along these lines. Irish_Dem Oct 10 #1

"Why not let the peasants live a bit longer in ignorant bliss?" clevergrrrl Oct 10 #2

Yes of course. They are done sharing THEIR resources. Irish_Dem Oct 10 #16

Just now reading Ed Zitron's latest erronis Oct 10 #17

Jebus. Irish_Dem Oct 10 #19

As many have said, the AI bubble will put the 1929 crash and 2008 subprime mortgage debacle to shame. erronis Oct 10 #20

And not a damn thing we can do about it. Irish_Dem Oct 10 #21

Anybody watch Alien:Earth? JBTaurus83 Oct 10 #3

They have had a lot of practice clevergrrrl Oct 10 #6

As a matter of semantics, if you can download your mind/brain/self/soul into a set of memory banks ... Intractable Oct 10 #4

That's the big debate among the transhumanists clevergrrrl Oct 10 #5

If you were fully aware JBTaurus83 Oct 10 #7

I've always thought it was a ridiculous notion. clevergrrrl Oct 10 #9

They can't even JBTaurus83 Oct 10 #11

Ironically, all they're really perpetuating are their egos misanthrope Oct 10 #14

Not very practical. dickthegrouch Oct 10 #8

Yup, like playing a videogame clevergrrrl Oct 10 #10

Billionaires should fear their souls, they can't control or change it. pwb Oct 10 #12

One caveat misanthrope Oct 10 #13

Ira Levin canetoad Oct 10 #15

As frightening as all that sounded to me when I first read about Yarvin, Thiel, et.al... Marie Marie Oct 10 #18

Is that living? Would we really want to live forever? Why? IcyPeas Oct 10 #22

Seriously róisín_dubh Oct 11 #24

Bizarrely, magats conflate transhumanism with transgenderism. TommyT139 Oct 11 #23