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  • Zer0_F0x@lemmy.worldEnglish
    813·
    4 days ago

    It will end like it always does. Like the Roman and Byzantine empires ended, like the USSR ended, like Alexander the great’s empire ended, like England’s empire ended.

    At some point great powers become too great to be stable, so they fracture into provinces that become separate countries and the cycle starts over.

    Only this time there are nuclear weapons involved, so we’ll see how that goes

    • AnchoriteMagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      313·
      4 days ago

      Personally, I’m quite ready for an independent New England. We only get back 80% of what we contribute in taxes and manufacturing.

      • Jhex@lemmy.worldEnglish
        68·
        4 days ago

        yes because everything will remain the same in this scenario…

        honestly it’s this level of analysis that got the usa to elect a pedophile for president

        • AnchoriteMagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
          112·
          4 days ago

          Oh so sorry. I guess I’ll just sit quietly in front of my propaganda box and not try to leave the fascist hellscape my country has turned into.

          All political movements start with local activism. If I want New England to be free, it starts with me at the town level.

          Have fun doing nothing. I’m sure that engenders a real feeling of hope deep down in your jibblies.

          • Jhex@lemmy.worldEnglish
            11·
            3 days ago

            i’m not telling *ou not to act… I’m telling you to give in an ounce of thought before you act

    • Njos2SQEZtPVRhH@piefed.socialEnglish
      71·
      4 days ago

      I wonder if AI and it’s possibilities for mass surveillance and mass manipulation will make a difference and allow empires to sustain themselves and control it’s people.

        • Njos2SQEZtPVRhH@piefed.socialEnglish
          6·
          3 days ago

          Mass surveillance is happening right now, by companies and goverments. The data this generates can be analyzed using AI tools to find anything out of the ordinary, anyone trying to resist the empire. LLMs can be used to generate content to manipulate people, en masse or by microtargeting based on the surveillance data. This is not distant future, this is the near future, if not present.

          • raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.worldEnglish
            21·
            3 days ago

            You have identified what I also see as the only “use” for LLMs. Still doesn’t make it “AI” though, which is what my jab was directed at. However, maybe I should have pointed out that I do not dispute it can be used to mass-manipulate people :/ Sadly, that is entirely realistic.