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I started self destructing since AI has slithered its way into aspects of my life that gave me a reason to exist.
Not because I think it’ll save me but because I just don’t give a shit about anything anymore thanks to it’s gross existence.
And I guess it’s also going to solve emphysema, strokes atherosclerosis, erectile dysfunction, etc. etc.
And in the meantime they’ll stink.
I heard that AI has almost cured gunshots. Anyone up for a friendly game of Russian Roulette?
“A cure for cancer” is such a magical nonsense phrase. We can already cure a lot of cancers. There are tons of people living healthy lives after surviving cancer. And we know more and more about how to prevent it (like not smoking). But they want magic.
Even bigger nonsense is the claim that AI will solve global warming. We already know the solution to global warming. We’re just not doing anything with it, because of destructive business interests.
we know multiple solutions to global warming, but none that keep both the environment and industry alive
Not true. It’s possible for industry to coexist with a healthier environment, but that would mean taking responsibility for their externalities, and that’s apparently already too much to ask.
sounds harder than dumping a few tons of ash in the atmosphere
People forget that our economic system isn’t a law of nature. It’s a social construct, and can be changed just like any other.
Parts of it are even pretty recent. The Friedman Doctrine, for example. “a company’s social responsibility is to increase its profits and maximize shareholder value”. I call it the worst idea in capitalism. It’s what’s forcing companies to pollute and lie about it, to bribe politicians and to create misinformation campaigns. As long as it’s legal, it is their responsibility to do all of that.
The idea stems from 1970 and became popular during the 1980s. It is the most harmful idea in capitalism (which is not short of harmful ideas).
Unfettered capitalism it is then
Beep boop
Dear humans, the cure for cancer stop smoking and stop poisoning yourselves.
Bop Beep
After calculating the global warming issue. I have decided to self destruct. The denotation will wipe out humanity and the world will heal.
An AI tasked and powered to solve global warming will quickly work against humanity.
Would it perhaps leave Vegans in place? Especially vegans that eat and farm plants that remove more emissions than trees do?
Probably not, vegans still contribute to global warming, just less so in one area. Even if there existed a person who made perfect consumption choices in every case, they still occasionally need to travel by motor, they use some form of heating, and they use a buildings which used cement at some point in their construction or during renovations. Also, we’re all pretty inefficient digesters, and the more fiber you eat, the more methane you emit.
What about a vegan solarpunk Amish person then? Especially if they plant more trees than what was used by their log cabin?
I’m pretty sure an Amish vegan would starve/freeze to death (especially if you consider handmade fabrics growable in the climates they live in or transported without the use of engines or horses), but if one existed, they’d also have to refuse to pay their taxes. They’d also obviously have to be one of the Amish who don’t use modern medical care or all manner of modern technology for work. I’m also not sure how resource intensive Amish tools are- if they have traditional blacksmiths, where do they get the metal?
But really, it depends on your inputs: the quickest/simplest ways to cool the planet would also probably render it unlivable for most humans- there are probably a few ways an AI could generate massive ash clouds that block out enough sunlight to bring the temperature down. In that scenario, there would probably be some humans who survive, but they’d probably be in places with very small and non resource intensive populations, so most of eastern North America is automatically out.
Pray tell how any non-tree plant removes emissions unless you chuck it into a five-kilometers-deep mine.
Trees specifically only ‘remove emissions’ if you plant more of them than get rotten or burnt.
Algae gets eaten by plankton, which get eaten by whales, which then fall to the bottom of the ocean when dead, which then get eaten by scavengers that live in the ocean floor, which then turn into sediment when they die.
Also, any plants you eat get turned into shit, which can then be used as fertilizer mixed into the dirt to grow more plants.
AI douchecanoes: claim to be smart enough to create something capable of curing all cancers
Also AI douchecanoes: not smart enough to know that smoking also causes hundreds if not thousands of other maladies, many of them life threatening and/or crippling.
Smoking is ridiculously addictive and the NUMBER ONE lifestyle cause of death in the world, bar none and these idiots are doing it just to go PAST all in on vibe tech 🤦🏻
I see this as a net positive, I think they should smoke ten packs a day.
I’d agree, except you KNOW they won’t be considerate smokers, so they’re gonna harm a lot of innocent bystanders with secondhand smoke…
They’re already doing that guaranteed, it’s best to speed up the process.
Not beating those cult accusations, are they?
The world’s leading oncologist helped develop a lung cancer vaccine already, but he lives in Cuba, so they’ll probably just kill all Cubans and credit ai.
That sounds wild, got a little source for the curious?
Is a p value of .05 normal for medicine?
Pretty cool, though.
Even if you believe that, then is it also going to cure copd and pulmonary embolisms? I know this is likely just the CTO spewing bull, but 🤦♂️
Do not interrupt the enemy while they are making a mistake.
Too bad smoking kills you way too slowly to stop them from doing plenty of damage in the interim.
We need to suggest to them a quicker destructive habit. AI-designed wingsuits for BASE jumping, maybe?
Oh, if only…
I don’t believe anything anyone from palantir has to say.
Yeah, it’s interesting how many people didn’t stop to consider the source of this claim.
Thus proving that AI bros are all fucking idiots.
Holy fuck do these guys need to be stripped of everything resembling power or control.
Sounds like linkedinlunatics
Same creative team
“researchers…” like how many? sounds to me like a habitual relapser giving excuses, the habit was already there, which is dumb enough of a excuse, let alone start the habit just cuz
As an ex smoker…if I were to pick up a pack while working as an AI researcher…I’d absolutely use that as a cheeky comeback when someone said something about me smoking again. Entirely not meaning it, blatantly joking to anyone possible of understanding tone and having a sense of humor.
However, I’m fairly certain most executives, and especially AI execs, are both tone-deaf and humorless.
I’d put $10 on polymarket saying that one of them overheard someone like me saying that, and it snowballed from there.
I quit almost 20 years ago. I actually tried to smoke one a while ago just to see. It make me sick just to smell. Won’t ever touch one again.
Don’t underestimate the religious dedication these people have for their chatbots. Terrifying.
What utter crock of shit. How is he not embarrassed to say something so inane publicly? Is he so empty? No matter how much money you fill your suit with won’t ever make you feel human.
Cancer is not one disease, dipshits. There is no single cure.
“Sankar did not name any researchers or provide evidence for the claim.”
Cool. Excellent thing to write a news article about, Business Insider.
It’s now deleted from the website, so I guess they do have some self awareness.
How to start a vice and turn it into a marketing stunt
