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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Dude, none of these are gonna be considered "major." If you were to travel to the year 2500 and asked people about COVID-19 or the war in Ukraine, only huge history nerds would have any idea of what you're talking about

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I think that the first AGI, which will probably be this decade, will be considered a major historical event by 2500, just like how we still consider the invention of the printing press a major historical event.

If the Ukraine war ends up escalating into WW3, I think that will count as well, unless we get up to like WWX.

If David Grusch is right, I think disclosure would make that list.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Extreme doubt about AGI being developed anytime soon. It's a moral panic stirred up by billionaires to inflate their new tech bubble

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Accidently used the downvote button as a disagree button but I undid it and am leaving this comment instead. I personally think agi is uncomfortably close to the horizon. A lot about our lives is going to fundamentally change very quickly IMO.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

And Reddit still won’t have backed down from their decision.