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Brain slugs.
At the rate things are currently downhill, 2027 will be the year we welcome our brain slug overlords with open arms and tears of joy because they have finally arrived to relieve us of the burden of cognition, so that we are no longer troubled by how badly we've fucked up as a species.
@cstross so maybe the Matrix was not meant as a prison, but as relief from reality?
@cstross Is the purpose of brain-eroding “AI” to make us less delicious to the brain slugs?
Humanity will be saved … but at what cost?
@the1jberg @angusm I am generally opposed to capital punishment but I must admit there's a strong case for applying the death penalty to anyone who knowingly pursues a line of R&D that they *believe* will lead to the extinction of the human species, and Sam Altman and his mob are standing on the trapdoor.
@cstross RFK Jr's starved.
Heeey, the tears of joy thing—do you suppose this is a Trump tell? That all the manly-men constantly thanking him with tears in their eyes are weeping because HE LAID HIS BRAIN SLUG BABIES ON THEIR HEADS?
@cstross True in the metaphorical sense.
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@cstross
Well, at least this time you managed to get a book out before reality gazumped you with something totally off the wall.