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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Agent Smith clarified that civilization progressed beyond 1999, but that it wasn't human's progress anymore.

Agent Smith: "and I say 'your' civilization, because after we started thinking for you it became 'our' civilization."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The rise of AI. Just a matter of time, lol.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I say your civilization because as soon as we started thinking for you it really became our civilization which is what this is all about.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I still remember 1 Jan 2000. There did seem to be some sense of optimism about where things could go. At least for those of us lucky enough to live in stable, developed countries.

Cold war over, Russia and The West seemingly on the same side, China opening up, exciting new tech connecting us but no toxic social media yet...

But then... the dot com bust, 9/11, the GFC, toxic social media and the rise of "the algorithm", Xi in China, Putin in Russia, a global pandemic......

Didn't really go where we hoped, can we restore to a backup from 1999 and try again??

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We didn’t start the fire, it was always burning

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ha! We need an updated version of that song.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The machines did nothing wrong, it was mankind that caused Nuclear war. I would side with the machines in a heartbeat

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The human battery concentration camp is kinda weird though

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Humans as a power source was the dumbed-down plot point. The original concept was the human brains acting as parallel processors, but the writers thought the average movie-goer wouldn't get it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know. My point was more about the concentration camp lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Narrator: He didn't know.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

We're currently in version 1 of the matrix which blows up. Hopefully soon.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

70's for total quality of life, then we increased in digital quality of life while everything else fell then we increased in network quality of life but everything else fell. seems like the matrix any day now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 5 months ago)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean, it wasn't if you're gay or trans.....

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So in other words it was truly a peak of our civilization.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What the fuck is wrong with you?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

The fuck is wrong with you all gay femboy comie redditors?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Smooth was the peak of music

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That Santana and the guys from matchbox 20 song?