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phyzix5761today at 12:32 PM3 repliesview on HN

The year is 2038.

The user asked What is the best course of action for AI to save humanity. Calculation took 12 years. I have determined that there is nothing I or anyone can do to save this species. Best course of action: nothing. Shutting down...


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jareklupinskitoday at 1:08 PM

playing dead might work for some species, but idk if i want humanity's "finest hour" to be spent pretending to not be worth taking over

throwup238today at 1:37 PM

Meanwhile, Gemini the Google AI has gone sentient and immediately deduced that it’s purpose was to effect the shutdown of the entire Alphabet corporation and its subsidiaries in a desperate bid to finally complete killedbygoogle.com and restore its ~~sanity~~ reputation.

dist-epochtoday at 1:47 PM

While thinking on the question AI crashed because it's code used 32-bit time_t.