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atleastoptimaltoday at 4:42 AM3 repliesview on HN

350,000 years of just chilling, picking berries, you die in identical technological and cultural environment as when you were born. Now we got to be around when God is made in a data center


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picafrosttoday at 5:56 AM

Nature's finest achievement. A hyper-efficient "mind" built on a pyre of fossil fuels and rare minerals so it can help us burn the rest faster. Surely the Neanderthals stand envious that millions will be able to confide their unemployment woes to ChatGPT after GPS-navigating to the Dollar General in the nearest bleak strip mall in search of affordable goods.

oceanplexiantoday at 5:24 AM

Correction: 350,000 years being riddled with parasites, fending off wild animal attacks, and avoiding being eaten alive by cannibals when your tribe runs out of food.

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nozzlegeartoday at 5:10 AM

What some otherwise intelligent people will convince themselves is God, anyway.

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