I was sent a link to a post on the D&D subreddit (/r/dnd). The contents of the post aren't important, but my eye was drawn to the header. A beholder with the LGBTQIA++ BIPOC Trans flag and multicolored rainbow eyes.
To the mods and members of that subreddit, about Dungeons & Dragons, THAT'S the most important thing?
Also, of course, "No AI" is in the top 5 rules.
I know there are quite a few tabletop players here--is the entire community like this? I haven't played in some 20 years, and the last time I did it was mostly nerdy and edgy white and asian dudes. What happened??
Yeah I don't see any of those things you brought up as real obstacles. Those are just inconveniences. And remember the AGI doesn't have to be processing the queries of the whole world, it just needs to run at a decent speed without user input and it would be able to make a better version of itself very quickly. And then this continues and it will both get more efficient with resources or design better hardware and everything needed to manufacture the hardware.
Ultimately, we'll see.
In the meanwhile, I'm investing in energy (VDE) and chipmakers (NVDA, AMD, etc). My best guess is that they'll be growing for some time yet. Chipmakers and energy are needed no matter which AI companies or technologies succeed.
Why would you invest in the companies that are wielding power over us and hastening our destruction? For a few shekels to enjoy the last few decades of our existence?
Yes, exactly.
That's sad man