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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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If AI was all it was cracked up to be, it wouldn't be shoved in your face 24/7 (startrek.website)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by IcedRaktajino@startrek.website to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

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[I literally had this thought in the shower this morning so please don't gatekeep me lol.]

If AI was something everyone wanted or needed, it wouldn't be constantly shoved your face by every product. People would just use it.

Imagine if printers were new and every piece of software was like "Hey, I can put this on paper for you" every time you typed a word. That would be insane. Printing is a need, and when you need to print, you just print.

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[–] ulterno@programming.dev 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

They will still require someone to fund their space luxury lifestyle.
Someone they can exploit from the safety of their space boxes.

That someone will be the us that you hid inside the "let's".
We will be the ones sending them into space, where they will be even more unreachable, giving them more freedom to remotely exploit us as much as they wish.

Imagine Elysian

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[–] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

Imagine Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy.

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[–] ulterno@programming.dev 0 points 10 months ago (1 child)

I'll have to read it first, to imagine it :P

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[–] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 months ago*

spoiler for HGTG

In the book, the doers and thinkers trick the middle men into getting into space arcs and fleeing the planet. Telephone sanitizers are included with the middle men. I will include the overly wealthy also.

I can't see the current batch of robber barons going into space. The technology isn't advanced enough and the infrastructure does not exist. They may risk sending other people there to work on these deficiencies.

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