All that, you know what is worse? Jew...

602 Palestinians, over 400 of which were kids died from Jan 1 to October 6, 2023. Thats to say nothing of having lost their land, their villages, their farms, their freedom to an inexcusable degree for 75 years. Let's not pretend the Middle East conflict started on Oct 7, 2023. It started when Palestinians accepted Jews coming from Germany, rather than make them settle an Israel in the Rhineland where it should have been.

Even if Hamas was the bad guy, Israel is the insane bad buy with a badge who kills the family the bad guy hides behind with no care for innocent life at all. Fuck them. I hope their country gets pushed into the mediterranean.

*I meant one fucking Genus, or whatever all mosquitoes fall under.

Can we all, please, for the love of humanity, just agree that mosquitoes are a pest that are not worth whatever environmental benefit they *might* have, and just get rid of the entire species with genetic engineering etc? They bring so many diseases (new ones like west nile, etc), and are a nightmare for enjoying the outdoors, which more people will care about if they dont end up with 20 bug bites. Let's just globally get rid of this one fucking species.

Irrespective, it was from an actual artist. He referenced the artist in the tweet. This is a non-non-story

Watch Logan's Run if you think being aegist is a problem. I do not oppose gerontocracy at all, people get to live their lives. They get to vote their minds, and their perspective is as valid as yours, arguably moreso, as it's clear that experience is a prerequisite for wisdom. Not the only one, but one none-the-less.

Star Wars should not get sued from drawing inspiration Foundation, like Foundation should not get sued from drawing inspiration from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire which Asimov assigned inspiration from, and was the whole point of my original comment. Blatant word for word theft is one thing, but writing stories that are like stories we liked is the nature of our culture.

It's not a concern really because there are natural laws even the US, China, and Russia cant escape: There is only so much carbon in the form of fossil fuels. All fossils came from the biosphere, and were sequestered in the past. Therefore all the fossil fuels we can extract which return to the biosphere, cannot overwhelm the biosphere as thats what was there prior, and the world was ok at the time. Governments will have to answer for shortages when they foolishly did not curb consumption when there was enough left in the ground for a safe departure to other forms of energy. The real crisis will hit when cars cant drive, planes cant fly, and peaker power stations need to shut down down permanently because there simply wont be any fossil fuel left to burn. Its a self-moderating issue.

Slow down there, Hitler. Or, are you God to be the judge?

Being below replacement levels is a problem if you believe the ideal number of humans is the current number. Robotics, AI, and a future economic structure might change that, in which case its foreseeable that the ideal number of humans is lower than it is today.

One of the issues with UBI is it contrasts with another societal goal. Fast forward 30 years, and say UBI is the way most people live. Then the best way to have a nice family income is to have as many children as possible (since each person gets paid more). That means more consumption, more pollution, more people. AI resulting in less income for people means people will have less children, and the population will shrink, IF those people do not find alternative work. The same things were said about the ATM machine, the Steam Engine, and calculators, computers, and (believe it or not) the printing press. If and when it does become a problem of actually displacing the total number of workers, the population will shrink accordingly to account for the oversupply of people. It's a self-correcting problem over the long haul. That will likely mean two people will have one kid, halving the following generation, while still have everyone represented genetically in the future. UBI itself, is a terrible idea, because you're basically asking for a sheep farm where the sheep dont get sheered or eaten. It just ends up in an explosion in the amount of muck you have to deal with.

That Tesla doesnt make the robotic doors from the Model X standard (the front ones not the back ones) across its entire fleet is IMHO a huge mistake. How can a robot that looks like a car NOT have robotic doors? I have two Model X's and that is one of the best features ever.

If a person reads Tolkien, Herbert, Isaac Asimov, and then creates Star Wars, the things he or she read influence how they wrote Star Wars. There are things writing has given us over millennia, like story arc, character development, symbolism, etc. This is no different than an AI, learning from those who came before it, and using that knowledge to "take the next step". Tolkein likely read Orwell, who likely read... and so on and so fourth all the way back before Shakespeare.

You can own the copyright to a specific set of words creating your story. You can not own what your story inspires in others. Apply the same rules to AI. It is not a genie. It is just another creative entity using patterns and models like we do to do what until now only we have done.

Ill deal with the fallout I guess.

I'd like to address this. I dont tip when I walk up to pick up stick order booth and collect the tray and walk over to my table. Thats not above average. If I am seated, and I talk to a waiter who takes our order and returns with the food, of course I tip. But why tip when YOU ARE THE PERSON TAKING YOUR FOOD TO THE TABLE AND BUSSING IT TO THE TRASH?