One thing we've learned in the age of Instagram, Tik-Tok and smart phones is that animals have far greater depths to their consciousness than we ever thought possible just a few years ago. People though... people remain too often shallow, ignorant, mean and thoughtless.

The doomsayers are out in force…

Worldwide data consistently show that atheists make up the smallest share of the global prison population compared to any religious group.

violent crime is near 50 year lows, so radical action is probably not needed for this problem

I love AI. I spent my whole youth wishing I had a little robot friend who could teach me a bunch of stuff and help me out. Now it's real, and I'm not going to hate it just because you hate "tech bros" and you need something to whine about on social media.

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We have a winner for the dumbest theory ever posted. 🏆 🥇

There will be 2 types of companies in the future. Those that are great at AI, and those that used to be in business

See end of the world.

People are fearful of greater intelligence.

AI superintelligence is inevitable.

“There is no biological law that says we must age.” — page 24, Lifespan

AI haters are loud, but they are not many. While a small vocal minority complains on social media, around 800 million people actively use ChatGPT every week. That is not hype, that is adoption at planetary scale. People vote with their time. And hundreds of millions have

Intelligence, artificial or otherwise has been growing for 13.7 billion years.

Barry Ptolemy Rusty Lindquist Ross Coulthart Based on conservative Drake Equation estimates (e.g., from NASA and SETI sources as of 2025), parameters like low fractions for intelligent life (fi=0.001) and short civilization lifetimes (L=100 years) yield N ≈ 0.0001 active communicative civilizations in the Milky Way now.

I have.

Every Google search ever made is a form of AI.

If this is what we want AI for then this is what AI will do.

I remain dubious of the AI alarmists when 10,000+ nuclear armed missiles aimed at us remain on a hair trigger.