• SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca
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    1 month ago

    I’m reminded of the episode of TNG where they trapped Moriarity in a simulation so he would think he had taken over the ship.

    Maybe we can just have an internet just for billionaires where they have AI produce internet content so they can advertise useless AI products to AI bots run by other billionaires while the rest of us go on with our normal lives in the real world?

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      1 month ago

      We have that, it’s called social media. But the rest of us are not living our lives without it, seemingly…

    • MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip
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      1 month ago

      Note that the computer that made that simulated world for Moriarty is itself a (usually) language-driven AI. Not making a real point here, just noting the humor in it.