AI assisted coups sounds a lot like the plot of Deus Ex and its version of the illuminati. I'm struck by how much the tech CEOs and other boosters seem to think cyberpunk dystopias are desirable. My impression is that even the people at top of the extreme corporate hierarchies therein are not happy, well, or otherwise living a good life. They're in constant terror of being overtaken by a rival. Perhaps the CEOs have gotten so used to this headspace since their parents bullying them from birth that they don't understand that the world could be a different way.
How come nobody is exploring the solarpunk possibilities of AI? The Horizon games have robotic megafauna rejuvenating the ecosystem and planting multi-layered farms so that we can engage in cultural pursuits. Who is working on that?
Interesting. They definitely seem to have inherited a few frames of understanding from certain sci-fi. Some of them gesture at a utopia, but no details, like they haven’t actually put any effort into imagining specifics of how it could be good.
Again, lots of these people take the view that even though there is X% chance of killing everyone, the magical AI future is worth pursuing, roll the dice. See the replies in this Twitter thread for examples.
Morally they are void indeed.
AI assisted coups sounds a lot like the plot of Deus Ex and its version of the illuminati. I'm struck by how much the tech CEOs and other boosters seem to think cyberpunk dystopias are desirable. My impression is that even the people at top of the extreme corporate hierarchies therein are not happy, well, or otherwise living a good life. They're in constant terror of being overtaken by a rival. Perhaps the CEOs have gotten so used to this headspace since their parents bullying them from birth that they don't understand that the world could be a different way.
How come nobody is exploring the solarpunk possibilities of AI? The Horizon games have robotic megafauna rejuvenating the ecosystem and planting multi-layered farms so that we can engage in cultural pursuits. Who is working on that?
Interesting. They definitely seem to have inherited a few frames of understanding from certain sci-fi. Some of them gesture at a utopia, but no details, like they haven’t actually put any effort into imagining specifics of how it could be good.
I like the idea of robotic megafauna!
Again, lots of these people take the view that even though there is X% chance of killing everyone, the magical AI future is worth pursuing, roll the dice. See the replies in this Twitter thread for examples.
https://x.com/spencrgreenberg/status/1916299004054278351?s=46