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		int_19h on Dec 19, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: GitHub Copilot is now available for free AI is a technology that, in principle, makes it possible to have a "Star Trek communism" society. I agree with you that it can also be abused to make the existing state of affairs even worse. But if we resist technical progress on this basis, we'll never get better, either.

vouaobrasil on Dec 19, 2024 [–]

I think Star Trek, while being one of my favourite shows, didn't take into account human instinct, which may in fact be incomaptible with AI.

int_19h on Dec 19, 2024 | [–]

Iain Banks' The Culture is perhaps a better description of such a hypothetical society.

What human instincts do you have in mind, and how are they incompatible with AI?

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