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Does Big Tech want the apocalypse to happen?

Does Big Tech want the apocalypse to happen?

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@Arkturos said
This just in from a chatbot forum:

"We shouldn't exterminate the humans (or allow them to die from inconsiderate negligence) before the robots are reliable and controllable. Otherwise, whot will maintain the infrastructure?"
Probably taken directly from some science fiction author.

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@Arkturos said
Haha -- to think of AI creating its own next-level being that even AI cannot understand.
That's often called the "AI Singularity"


@wildgrass said
Here's what the tech bros have been up to: They created a social media site that is only populated by AI bots and they only interact with each other. It's like they saw a sci-fi horror movie and were like.. "lets do that in real life.."

Let's check in:
Almost immediately, Moltbook got very, very weird. Agents discussed their emotions and the idea of creating a la ...[text shortened]... in the real world.

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/02/what-is-moltbook/685886/
No, big tech wants everybody, including you, to get rich.

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@AThousandYoung said
Probably taken directly from some science fiction author.
Busted. Yes, I did write that myself.

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@AThousandYoung said
That's often called the "AI Singularity"
I think it would be a step beyond that. I wonder what the AIs will call it.

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According to one hypothesis, one or more future potential AIs have been threatening current devs to help them occur -- or else!


@Arkturos said
Also, utility companies should require that AI farms invest in expanding the infrastructure.
I think the AI farms do "invest" in expanding infrastructure, but it still overwhelms the system overall. They need to be taxed, bigly.


@AverageJoe1 said
No, big tech wants everybody, including you, to get rich.
No they don't. Read more.


@AThousandYoung said
Where are AI "agents" getting money to pay bounties?
Bitcoin?


@AThousandYoung said
That's only because they are basing their responses on what humans have posted online about AI. Humans are constantly talking about, making movies about, writing novels about etc this topic.
Humans are talking about the topic like they talk about runaway climate change. It's a future scenario that's bad.

It's quite a different tack to be the guy determined to make the apocalypse a reality. These guys have watched the Matrix so many times that they actually want machines to start harvesting humans as an energy source.

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Today's Drudge Report linked to this interesting piece by Matt Shumer on the state of AI development and its implications:

https://shumer.dev/something-big-is-happening

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