You heard it here first: you should only fear the market once it becomes a bazinga-imperative robot god. Before then, lazy women keep the worst excesses of the market in check, which Grimes claims is a good if temporary thing... i think? morshupls

  • UlyssesT [he/him]
    hexagon
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    3 months ago

    I used to argue that back in CA: "The paperclip maximizer is already here and it doesn't even need to be self-aware to destroy the environment to maximize its preprogrammed imperatives."

    But no, the treats they consumed said it has to be a scary (and probably sexy) robot deity first for it to be a problem. morshupls

    • keepcarrot [she/her]
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      3 months ago

      CA?

      Yeah, at some point the idea about cyberpunk/whatever other ideas about monstrous god machines being capitalism (or at least modern society, depends on how lib the author is). Early blue curtains, I guess.

      • UlyssesT [he/him]
        hexagon
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        3 months ago

        CA?

        California, specifically the area around Silicon Valley.

        Yeah, at some point the idea about cyberpunk/whatever other ideas about monstrous god machines being capitalism (or at least modern society, depends on how lib the author is). Early blue curtains, I guess.

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        • keepcarrot [she/her]
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          3 months ago

          Ok, that was my first guess but I thought it was some tech bbs or something. Which isn't entirely wrong