It’s amazing how people can forget it. Everything — war, criminality, economics — it’s all a distraction from the reality that the biosphere is in free fall.
When you stop giving a shit it gets a little better... at little. But I don't have kids. Fucking nuke my ass. As long as the end is not painful at this point I don't give a shit.
Cyberpunk 2077 is supposed to be a caricature (and inaccurate in some ways), but politically I feel like that’s where the world is rapidly heading. It seems to be where a lot of political leadership wants to go, and where other leadership is not sufficiently afraid of.
The AI takeover is already underway, but the AI isn't actually intelligent enough to be successful. So AI slop will result in economic collapse. A depression will make people feel they need to give authoritarians more power and that will result in WW3.
Would you suggest building a small Walipini greenhouse in my backyard, stocking water in stainless steel carboys, keeping seeds, salt, peppercorns, spices for trading?
24 Comments
red_tomato@lemmy.world · 62 pts · 219d
Don’t forget about the ecological collapse!
snowdrop@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 218d
It’s amazing how people can forget it. Everything — war, criminality, economics — it’s all a distraction from the reality that the biosphere is in free fall.
SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social · 10 pts · 219d
Can we sacrifice the US to the gods so that only they ecologically collapse? This would be a nice little compromise.
PostaL@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 218d
There were also talks about a bird flu pandemic...
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 218d
You forgot “biosphere collapse”.
diabetic_porcupine@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 217d
Honestly with everything going on I forgot too
ech@lemmy.ca · 20 pts · 218d
The only takeover "AI" is doing is fucking up the economy. LLMs will never be Skynet.
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 217d
That and an endless mudslide of stupid, repetitive, uncreative, unfunny, unoriginal videos that amuse only the braindead.
Headofthebored@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 218d
** sighs ** Happy new years.
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 218d
2026, the year it all went off the rails.
Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 218d
Me on Jan 1: It’s a new year. It can’t be as bad as 2025. I’m gonna stop drinking, and exercise, lay off the weed, and cook healthy.
USA on January 3: Invades a sovereign nation and kidnaps leader.
Me on January 3: Fuck it. Chugs from a 5th of whiskey while rolling a blunt.
HazardousBanjo@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 218d
Don't worry. If its WWIII, just kick back and enjoy the flash
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 218d
We'll all go together when we go
SethTaylor@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 218d
Now That's What I Call Fireworks Display
RonnyZittledong@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 218d
When you stop giving a shit it gets a little better... at little. But I don't have kids. Fucking nuke my ass. As long as the end is not painful at this point I don't give a shit.
Alatarius@lemmynsfw.com · 7 pts · 219d
I choose all of the above
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 5 pts · 218d
AI takeover is how the bubble breaks and causes the economic collapse. Humans revolt against the machines resulting in WW3.
ngdev@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 218d
no no no. ww3 reveals ai is trash and the bubble bursts resulting in economic collapse
brucethemoose@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 217d
You left out “corpo fiefdom”.
Cyberpunk 2077 is supposed to be a caricature (and inaccurate in some ways), but politically I feel like that’s where the world is rapidly heading. It seems to be where a lot of political leadership wants to go, and where other leadership is not sufficiently afraid of.
_Nico198X_@europe.pub · 4 pts · 218d
Yes
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 218d
Alexstarfire@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 219d
Yes
SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 217d
All three in succession.
The AI takeover is already underway, but the AI isn't actually intelligent enough to be successful. So AI slop will result in economic collapse. A depression will make people feel they need to give authoritarians more power and that will result in WW3.
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 217d
Would you suggest building a small Walipini greenhouse in my backyard, stocking water in stainless steel carboys, keeping seeds, salt, peppercorns, spices for trading?