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cambrianentropyyesterday at 10:46 PM3 repliesview on HN

In a completely alternate dimension, a quarter of the capital being invested in AI literally just goes towards making sure everyone has quality food and water.


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marcellus23yesterday at 10:52 PM

I'd rather live in a universe where that money is taken out of the military budget.

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GaryBlutotoday at 1:16 AM

As we all know, throwing money at a problem solves it completely. Remember how Live Aid saved Ethiopia from starvation and it never had any problems again?

dmitrygryesterday at 10:50 PM

Without capital invested in the past we wouldn’t have almost anything of modern technology. That has done a lot more for everyone, including food affordability, than actually simply buying food for people to eat once.