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intrasighttoday at 1:04 AM2 repliesview on HN

I told my GF over dinner tonight that historians in 1000 years will look back to Nov 2023 as a pivotal fork where humans lost.

Without missing a beat, she said " If humans loss was that complete, there would be no historians.

I responded that I never said they were human historians.


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deauxtoday at 2:54 AM

> I told my GF over dinner tonight that historians in 1000 years will look back to Nov 2023 as a pivotal fork where humans lost.

Yes, because no one listened to me. It was early-mid 2024, and here as well as on other places, people kept saying "oh well the cat's out of the bag now, nothing can be done, it can't be stopped". I pointed out that only 4 or so planes being made to collide with TSMC, NVIDIA and ASML would be enough to give at least a decade of breathing room while we try to figure out how to keep this technology safe. I'm almost certain there were people who read it on here as well as elsewhere who could have made it happen.

_Now_ it is indeed too late.

slopinthebagtoday at 5:57 AM

Don't worry, we'll vote our way out of this! :P:P:P