Seven

In bocca al lupo, Fabio.
Jun 25, 2003
39,346
If killing out each other for material gain is exciting, then okay
You're an idiot.

You know full well that that is not at all what I meant and you also must be aware of the fact that advances in technologie have always led to more advanced warfare.

You also have an incredibly and completely unfounded cynical outlook on the human race that has been disproven by the disarming of nuclear weapons all over the globe.

But you choose to come up with this sort of hippy bullshit to appear "deep", while in reality you're merely reiterating one of the most inane clichés known to man.

Ignorant post really.
 

Seven

In bocca al lupo, Fabio.
Jun 25, 2003
39,346
You're either autistic or have tourettes. Or were raised in an abusive home
I just abhor people like you. You come in with a sort of vague popular assumption that is founded on nothing in an attempt to look smart. It's not only annoying, it is also exactly why the human race is not as far as it should be. Thanks for holding us all back.
 

Seven

In bocca al lupo, Fabio.
Jun 25, 2003
39,346

Hmm.. Though I am not frightened by these things I can understand why some people would be. There is a lot of talk about immortality and you know that when people start taking it seriously, it is bound to happen sooner or later. Our society as we know it is already changing at an incredible pace and how we deal with these changes is going to define us. But immortality.. that would change how we see the world entirely.
 

Quetzalcoatl

It ain't hard to tell
Aug 22, 2007
66,785
So basically you were too lazy to wait it out and read what was in the link someone else provided and your only answer to this is posting another link to an article?

And you still consider yourself an intellectual. Wow.
Lol you social retard, the link I posted wasn't a reply to JJ's own, hence the separation between the actual reply and the link.

My data is shit, so it's not loading. You are so full of anger
 

Seven

In bocca al lupo, Fabio.
Jun 25, 2003
39,346
Lol you social retard, the link I posted wasn't a reply to JJ's own, hence the separation between the actual reply and the link.

My data is shit, so it's not loading. You are so full of anger

I know it wasn't a reply to him directly.

Yes. I am full of anger towards people like you. I absolutely hate it when people present boring clichés as facts in an attempt to sound smart. What you said basically equates with "people hurt each other". Well, duh. Study after study however has shown that we are becoming less violent, not more. The levels of violence in society today are absolutely laughable compared to those in 1915, let alone 1815.

We have also willingly decided to limit the use and development of nuclear weapons. If we wanted to, we could have already destroyed the world 50 times over. The fact we haven't proves that society is changing for the better.

But in times where technology is leading to things we never fathomed could be possible in our wildest dreams, your contribution is "If killing out each other for material gain is exciting, okay". Not only is it unfounded and silly, it is also blatantly wrong:

- we killed each other far more easily for material gain in the past
- we are evolving towards a post scarcity society, there will be more for everyone
- the vast majority of inventions have nothing to do with creative ways of killing people.

What you said is something you might expect from a troubled prepubescent teenage girl desperately trying to look cool in front of our friends. I guess that's why you ditched punctuation too.
 

Quetzalcoatl

It ain't hard to tell
Aug 22, 2007
66,785
I know it wasn't a reply to him directly.

Yes. I am full of anger towards people like you. I absolutely hate it when people present boring clichés as facts in an attempt to sound smart. What you said basically equates with "people hurt each other". Well, duh. Study after study however has shown that we are becoming less violent, not more. The levels of violence in society today are absolutely laughable compared to those in 1915, let alone 1815.

We have also willingly decided to limit the use and development of nuclear weapons. If we wanted to, we could have already destroyed the world 50 times over. The fact we haven't proves that society is changing for the better.

But in times where technology is leading to things we never fathomed could be possible in our wildest dreams, your contribution is "If killing out each other for material gain is exciting, okay". Not only is it unfounded and silly, it is also blatantly wrong:

- we killed each other far more easily for material gain in the past
- we are evolving towards a post scarcity society, there will be more for everyone
- the vast majority of inventions have nothing to do with creative ways of killing people.

What you said is something you might expect from a troubled prepubescent teenage girl desperately trying to look cool in front of our friends. I guess that's why you ditched punctuation too.
You get so excited at the opportunity to attack someone that you choose to interpret something I said in a way that is nowhere near to what I meant. So clearly, bothering to reply to your actual points os futile, as you're like a less sheltered RUS, but probably more abused.

P.S. jabs at punctuation? You must surely feel like an ass
 

Seven

In bocca al lupo, Fabio.
Jun 25, 2003
39,346
You get so excited at the opportunity to attack someone that you choose to interpret something I said in a way that is nowhere near to what I meant. So clearly, bothering to reply to your actual points os futile, as you're like a less sheltered RUS, but probably more abused.

P.S. jabs at punctuation? You must surely feel like an ass
So what did you mean then?
 

GordoDeCentral

Diez
Moderator
Apr 14, 2005
70,847
I know it wasn't a reply to him directly.

Yes. I am full of anger towards people like you. I absolutely hate it when people present boring clichés as facts in an attempt to sound smart. What you said basically equates with "people hurt each other". Well, duh. Study after study however has shown that we are becoming less violent, not more. The levels of violence in society today are absolutely laughable compared to those in 1915, let alone 1815.

We have also willingly decided to limit the use and development of nuclear weapons. If we wanted to, we could have already destroyed the world 50 times over. The fact we haven't proves that society is changing for the better.

But in times where technology is leading to things we never fathomed could be possible in our wildest dreams, your contribution is "If killing out each other for material gain is exciting, okay". Not only is it unfounded and silly, it is also blatantly wrong:

- we killed each other far more easily for material gain in the past
- we are evolving towards a post scarcity society, there will be more for everyone
- the vast majority of inventions have nothing to do with creative ways of killing people.

What you said is something you might expect from a troubled prepubescent teenage girl desperately trying to look cool in front of our friends. I guess that's why you ditched punctuation too.
:tup:

except for the personal attacks :D
 

Seven

In bocca al lupo, Fabio.
Jun 25, 2003
39,346
:tup:

except for the personal attacks :D
I know, I know :).

That I'm not as excited as pessimistic about the future of humanity.
Okay. I must apologise for the personal attacks. I went a bit overboard there. I understand why you say this as many people do. But I hate this sort of reasoning, because almost always it is unfounded. In your case as well you present no evidence to support this statement.

It's as if scientists suddenly have a moral obligation to prove that what they're doing won't be used for something malicious.
 

swag

L'autista
Administrator
Sep 23, 2003
84,788
It's definitely white and gold, the top part of the dress makes it impossible for me to see it any other way. The only time I can see it as black and blue is if I only look at the bottom half of the dress.
I don't get why people are even wasting the time talking about this. :D

Social media can be a global productivity time suck.

Is it rational to be afraid of the advances being made in artificial intelligence technology?
Yes.

At least rationally concerned.

Forget the SI references just yet... here's a great, albeit long, read. (It's two parts, and this is part 2.)

http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/01/artificial-intelligence-revolution-2.html

Part of me believes that there are natural boundaries and limitations that we have not foreseen yet. The way that people in the 1890s were panicking about what cities were going to do with all the exponentially growing mounds of horse poop with the explosion of horse ownership in the city streets. But you never can tell.
 

Seven

In bocca al lupo, Fabio.
Jun 25, 2003
39,346
Part of me believes that there are natural boundaries and limitations that we have not foreseen yet. The way that people in the 1890s were panicking about what cities were going to do with all the exponentially growing mounds of horse poop with the explosion of horse ownership in the city streets. But you never can tell.
That's a false analogy, Greg. The latter was not changed by a boundary, but in fact by the complete opposite.
 

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