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Considering the proliferation of AI-generated slop, as well as the lines between satire and reality being blurred, I wonder if future historians will have a harder time understanding what was really going on.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well la-dee-dah! Look at Mr. "I think humans will still exist in 1000 years" over here. Let's be real, we're on track to extinct ourselves in the next 200 years if we don't make some very difficult and dramatic changes to our behavior.

[–] ComicalMayhem 9 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

200 years? lmao, look everyone, this guy thinks our planet will support human life for another 200 years. At best another 80.

[–] Anti_Iridium 6 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I mean, not to be captain optimist here, but human extinction is a bit far. Humans are extremely adaptable, even if they have to carve out a niche in the worst case hellscape they will survive.

Might not exactly be comfortable.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago

You speak the tru tru

[–] [email protected] 1 points 23 hours ago

I know, I'm being generous with that 200.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

The oil runs out in another 30 or 40; things are going to fall apart pretty quickly after that, when we won't be able to get enough food in to maintain cities.

[–] Anti_Iridium 1 points 20 hours ago

If we're stupid to the point of fault. Even market pressure would force diversification of clean energy