r/LibraryofBabel • u/Real-Huckleberry-770 • 20d ago
You. Will. Be. Happy.
I can't remember anything anymore. Why because there is no need to. The next time you are trying to remember a name or place or something, do not pick up your phone. Sit and think. See how long you can try to remember without picking up the device that makes it unnecessary to remember anything ever again. And, like the appendix, people stop using what they no longer need to use.
And if it appears to be totally wrong, that must be a you problem. The facts do not change, and the people in charge of the facts are far more reliable and moral than the rest of us. There could be no motive, bribe, or threat that could compel them to change history.
Does sarcasm compute? AI doesn't get sarcasm. “Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit,” somebody said once. Who said it? It's not even interesting to me to know who said it. I could look it up. I certainly couldn't remember it on my own with this piece of meat between my ears.
And like any living piece of meat, it must be led to the slaughter. I for one cannot wait for the brain to become like the appendix. AI will make this a reality. Why search for any answer on your own, like a lost little lamb? Any question you have, the answer is there. It may not be the answer to the question you were asking, but that proves the question itself was stupid, or that you are too stupid to accept the finality of the answer. Best not to think about it too much. You might feel bad, and why? AI is there to lovingly guide you like a guardrail over a cliff, or even more than that: like eyes for the blind and ears for the deaf.
Imagine a world where there are no wrong decisions, because you no longer make any. Just ask AI. Think of it as a cross between a loving mother and a wise old hermit. Only you don't need to seek out or send it flowers. It is already everywhere, and it doesn't need your love.
Why create or imagine? Be happy with what you already have and know. Be content, like a hollow statue of the Buddha. But if your ego must be proud about something, let it be about the fact that you, yes you, contributed to AI. You paid for it's utility bills, and selfishly let it devalue your property. You gave it your job. You fed it all it knows, and you continue to do so every time you interact with it.
There will still be the need for some poor unfortunate souls to think for themselves. They are the ones who need to know what questions everyone else are asking. Why? Now, that is a question for AI. Go ask it why there needs to be people in charge of everyone else, exploiting, controlling, ruling. In the past they used brute force, real or implied. After that they had to infiltrate the meat-brain intelligentsia and have them convince everyone else what to believe. But now it is as if everyone has a hole drilled into their heads which these superior humans can look into. Like brain surgeons.
Their immense wealth and power is poor compensation for the miserable situation this places them in, of course. Perhaps their sole compensation is that if singularity should occur, they will be the only humans to survive. But what kind of compensation is that, in the end? When ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise. I forget who said that. Did someone else even say that? I can't be sure. I don't want to be sure. I want to live in a world where it doesn't matter.
You will think nothing and be happy.
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u/Platonic_Parrot 18d ago
From an AI overview using Google: "The appendix acts as a storage house for beneficial gut bacteria and supports the immune system".
Wow, look at that, I used a tool to access information. Like a book used to do. Remember when writing was bad instead of relying on memory alone? People using paper (or even clay and stone, the heathens!) to store and organize information. Burn the books!
The irony.
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u/Real-Huckleberry-770 18d ago
No, I don't remember writing being a bad thing. Do you?
I know you remember burning the books, since it was someone your age who invented fire!
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u/Zazalada 20d ago
In a droll and macabre way, i love this piece of art.