31 Mar
2025
31 Mar
'25
12:21 p.m.
> > > > > The Big Problem With AI > > > > > > > > > > The big problem with AI is: > > > > > - There's been publishing and other celebration around it being > > > > > incredibly powerful > > > > > - It can basically only be done by hives of obsessed geniuses with > > > > > multidomain knowledge > > > > > - People pursuing power like governments and business have heard of it > > > > > as being pwoerful and want to slap it together lickety-split so they > > > > > can take over the world > > > > > - The kind of power it produces transcends world takeovers and they > > > > > have no concept of that > > > > > > > > probably many things left out > > > > > > > > but i can assure you that we have been through apocalypses before, and > > > > i have complete 100% confidence that the most fit remaining species on > > > > the planet will continue to evolve > > > > > > i was looking up dinosaurs per the silly "terror bird" comic that > > > leaves one wondering about the specifics and diversity of feather > > > evolution. > > > > > > did you know that dinosaurs evolved for tens to hundreds of millions > > > of years before they got hit by a big interstellar body, and humans > > > have only been around for tens or hundreds of thousands! > > > > > > the dinosaurs totally figured out how to be alive, and then died from > > > tripping over cosmology. > > > > > > now here we are, study the skies even in ancient civilizations, and > > > building space ships and fighting comets and asteroids to protect the > > > dinosaurs, and we're only little babies compared to them! > > > > > > we are super effective! > > > > one of the things i learned in middle school about birds is that they > > are the only creature that can regrow its brain. > > > > one would think this is because they smack into windows so much, but > > no windows were not around when birdbrain stemcells were evolving. > > instead, birds spent a hundred million years being dinosaurs and are > > the only remaining creatures of the peak of ancient evolution! > > birds: > - [X] flap your arms so long they grow into wings > - [X] be so effective after brain injury that you learn to regrow it - [X] survive the destruction of all life on earth > - [X] evolve to be a dominant predator and then further evolve to be a > passive tiny creature > > y'know those south americans that studied the stars where the thing > that killed the dinosaurs came from, worshipped birds, then had > quetzalcoatl feathered serpent ... woahhh severe browser issues after > websearching that full reveal: there is birdfeeder outside my window, it is one of my sole sources of diversity and meaning for me these days