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Which means they could also push us over the edge. If the weak-minded are currently influenced by today's bots, it's a matter of time until some are testing humans by "pushing limits" if you will


> Which means they could also push us over the edge.

Sure, but that's a separate problem, eh?

We split the atom and built both bombs and power plants, it's a choice we have to make: which to deploy?

We have (or are about to have) the technology to cure psychological and emotional issues at scale. (A good therapist today runs about (I don't know?) $150/hour? Way out of reach for most of us without insurance or subsidy or something, eh? What if that was e.g. $0.0000015/hour?)


So push forward and if it destroys humanity then so what? Is that also a separate problem?




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