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“You should have seen the look on the generals' faces when LyAV simulated the attack. Did LyAV attack nuclear missile silos? Did it strategize the destruction of cities and industrial and logistical targets, as they had hoped? No. LyAV designated 155 targets, all of them essential to the proper operation of critical infrastructure timing systems. It engaged the entire Global Positioning System. Actually, it killed 'time'. And your civilization collapsed in just two sunsets.”
“First it degraded the stock exchanges, then the power grid, then the telecommunication systems. The speed of the collapse caught everyone by surprise. It's as if all your cities have been frozen, in darkness, in silence. It is as if the entire technosphere has been affected by a global stroke. It was the perfect simulation of a solar flare, of the digital holocaust. But to degrade all those systems would mean that the supercomputer itself should have ceased to operate. And, in fact, that is what happened. So we realized that something or someone else was actually responsible. Unfortunately, we realized too late what DP-2147 really was. Too late.”
“Did you know that the silicon on which all your computers are based is nothing more than a rock? Like it or not, you never escaped the Stone Age.”
But to degrade all those systems would mean that the supercomputer itself should have ceased to operate. And, in fact, that is what happened. So we realized that something or someone else was actually responsible.
"The idea that the first contact with a supercivilization will be through machines, and more specifically, by means of probes, is now the accepted paradigm. On the other hand, we must be ready for a non-friendly contact or, to be less dramatic, for a contact in which the exchange of information is termed as hostile by either partner. In this sense, we need to design proper contact strategies based on real-life examples. This means we need to consider probes as predators engaged in the finding of preys, and we need to account for the worst case scenario."
But in my opinion, they’re severely mis-managing that fear, and are instead projecting it on us.
I suggest digging into the articles, and also this thread, which is a great resource.
DP-2147 being a predator that wants to adopt us… Wow, that’s a hell of an idea.
Maybe these groups have a right to be afraid. But in my opinion, they’re severely mis-managing that fear, and are instead projecting it onto us.
m liking that idea too... What happens to Gaia after Earth is gone? Could live on as a disembodied superintelligence, looking for another planet to assimilate with. Perhaps that's happening with our planet right now. Would certainly explain a lot.
The frustrating part is, these guys firmly believe they're doing the right thing. They have access to much more info on the situation than we do, but that doesn't mean we can't disagree with the methods of SV17q. Even though, not like we can do much about it.
ut that said, seeing the misplaced anger in my family / friends is truly heartbreaking. Everyone seems angry and living in their own world these days. It's hard to reach people, and you definitely can't break this stuff to them. Especially when we're still figuring it out for ourselves
You are right. It is not us who are the problem.
originally posted by: NewNobodySpecial268
a reply to: fireslinger
I actually asked by what right, rather than "why". It makes a difference to me.
Some folk here talk about "ownership" as a right to interfere, which I think is just BS.
I think it's because they're afraid of ET, so they're simulating the phenomenon in every possible way, to prepare for whatever their AI tells them is coming
Maybe.
And we're all caught in the middle, without a clue, paying for it all.
Yeah that is for sure; us without a clue.
I think we, as individuals, would be quite fine without the folks playing civilisations and collectives.
As far as I am concerned, if AI, ET, the planet or whatever decided to get rid of us at any given time, it is probably caused by the plans of technocrats playing such games as creating AI.
Logically, why would ET consider the girl next door, or the shopkeeper down the road a threat to interstellar peace?
They wouldn't.
I think we are innocent, and the corporations and other collectives creating AI are probably the reason.
We are after all, kept in the dark about the big long range plans.
If we knew, we would probably throw the guilty parties to ET and go home. Probably why they want us all to fear ET.
The individual would see the technocrats as the problem and throw them to the wolves.
Do you think that the hyper / super intelligence either cut a deal with the technocrat oligarchs, or threatened them? I’ve been pondering that for quite some time.
Eiher way, it’s using the technocrats (and us by extension), to collapse our technosphere, and basically rebuild / dominate its new technosphere. Or as a euphemism… adopt / assimilate.
If it cut a deal rather than threatened, I wonder what the deal was...
On second thought, that's probably a stretch, since FL has been working on finding a common language.
Most likely a threat that can barely be interpreted.