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AKA kill half the worlds population
by StephenSmith 2y ago
AKA kill half the worlds population
- Workaccount2 2y agoI have a head sci-fi story of us creating a super powerful AI that solves almost all of humanity's and the Earths problems by curating a selection of 250,000 ideal humans, and then killing everyone else. A quarter million good people living in a near perfect world propped up by AI robots with essentially infinite resources. I'm almost positive I wouldn't make the cut, the top .003% has gotta be a higher bar than me to clear, hah. But still fun to think about.
- nescioquid 2y agoIn the early 20th century, arguments against eugenics included pointing out that natural selection works through environmental pressures. Selecting for traits we value currently may well paint us in a corner should the environmental pressures change in some way. I guess that might hint at a fly in the ointment to drive the plot...
- Workaccount2 2y agoThe AI would determine the ideal traits/mix of traits, not humans.
- nescioquid 2y agowoosh
- antifa 2y agoMaybe the plot twist should be that the AI makes a big deal out of the selection process, then instead just kills those 250,000 people.