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[–] Mvlad88@lemmy.world 110 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Just imagine where we would be 5-10-15 years from now, if all that AI money would have went into social and environmental projects.

[–] freshcow@lemmy.world 39 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

That describes my entire life since adolescence... wondering what kind of society we could have had if we werent governed by sociopaths

[–] DiarrheaSommelier@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

If all the resources we spent blowing shit up and killing innocent people had been put to good use instead, we would be in a Star Trek-esque post-scarcity society by now. Possibly on our way to being Kardashev type 1 society.

[–] northface@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 hours ago

Well, we still need to survive the war with the Klingons and Vulcans before we form the alliance and implement full-on space communism. But we already know we will, so it's basically just for show.

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

No, I don't want to be any more depressed.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago, the second best time is now. We can start on nice things today.

[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 3 points 15 hours ago

I got ome planted so far thos year. Running out of space on my own property. Time to go guerilla.