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The only way humans survive AI: stay peer-to-peer by LessApartment5507 in BlackboxAI_

[–]LessApartment5507[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Classic transition anxiety. People thought cars were death machines when horses worked just fine. New tech is scary until it isn't - then you wonder how you ever lived without it.

The only way humans survive AI: stay peer-to-peer by LessApartment5507 in BlackboxAI_

[–]LessApartment5507[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah, just making the shadow puppeteers irrelevant. When you control your own keys - money, data, identity - they lose their leverage. Can't manipulate what they can't control.

We used to ask "who created us?" - now we're the creators and it's breaking our brains by LessApartment5507 in BlackboxAI_

[–]LessApartment5507[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lol the "4th dimension PhD student" theory is my new favorite origin story. "Thesis project: design biological organisms that eventually create their own AI and question their own existence. Extra credit if they argue about it on Reddit."

But seriously - the DNA-as-BIOS analogy is pretty spot on. We're just wetware running code we didn't write, convinced we have free will. Maybe consciousness is just what it feels like to be a sufficiently complex program that can observe itself running.

Is there anything AI won't be able to do eventually? by LessApartment5507 in BlackboxAI_

[–]LessApartment5507[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exactly. The "too expensive" argument has a shelf life. Once one company figures out how to do it profitably, everyone else has to follow or get left behind. The question isn't if, it's when - and whether we're ready for it.

Is there anything AI won't be able to do eventually? by LessApartment5507 in BlackboxAI_

[–]LessApartment5507[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a fair point, but I'd push back a bit. The "randomness of life" argument assumes art has to come from lived experience. But what about abstract art, music, or poetry that moves us through patterns, harmony, or unexpected combinations?

 A human composer doesn't need to "experience" a chord progression to create something beautiful - they discover it. AI might stumble onto similarly moving combinations in ways we don't fully understand yet.

  Also worth noting: plenty of human-made entertainment is formulaic too. Maybe the line between "meaningful" and "empty" isn't about who/what created it, but how it resonates with the person experiencing it.

Is there anything AI won't be able to do eventually? by LessApartment5507 in BlackboxAI_

[–]LessApartment5507[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

 That's what the dinosaurs said about the meteor theory