Ben RamseyMar 5

I just had a realization (I’m sure this isn’t a new thought—just new to me):

The AI bubble is driven by capitalists who desperately fear the end of capitalism, and they are frantically trying to realize a capitalistic singularity, which is why everything is moving faster and faster towards something, but none of us know what.

Can you feel the acceleration? It’s palpable.

Show threadPaul Hennell • DevMar 5

@ramsey it's said that several of the big tech guys rather subscribe to the theory that the world is a simulation/game and they're just dominating the scoreboard.

Which is terrifying, because if you think the world is a game, you think everyone else is a NPC... And treat them as such.

Show threadRoss WintleMar 5

@hennell @ramsey This is probably the best explanation I’ve heard for how these people behave. Money is a score in a game make more sense than anything else.

Terrifying though.

Show threadBen Ramsey
@ross @hennell I do know a lot of them subscribe to the universe as a simulation belief. It’s popular among them.
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