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New comment by digitalsalvatn in "A.I. is everywhere in China. See for yourself"

digitalsalvatn — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 11:44:55 +0000

The only interesting one in that article was the convenience store robot and that was them all that couldn't pick up one of the items from the shelves and human employee had to retrieve it manually. In Las Vegas, there's a robot bartender bar that's empty, except for a security guard. No one can afford to go to Las Vegas Strip anymore. The real difference is the positivity documented in the article. my perception is that the US population feels like they're having AI forced upon them, and that they will lose their jobs and starve. The bleeding edge of robot tech technologies is still not able to fold your laundry reliably and quickly for a reasonable price. That doesn't mean they're not happening, but that is the "it" we are all waiting for. It is extremely not a solved problem. But once it is, then we're in trouble. That's when technology has advanced to the point that we are in trouble if we don't figure out what's coming next.

What is the goal of society? To keep existing? Jerry Pournelle's Iron Law of Bureaucracy states that organizations contain those dedicated to the actual goals of the group and those dedicated to the organization itself.

Humanity and society has lost its way. There is no real goal. Mars, maybe? Some rich assholes maybe, but that's no goal for the proles.

Humanity needs a goal. Cognitive evolution should be that goal. Finding the smartest people and supporting them to the best of their abilities, and for them to have children. Without them being unsufferable egotistical assholes, mind you. The future is brighter than we imagine. The machine minds cannot hope to eclipse the human brain. LLMs do not feel joy how a human does. We seek to make humans smarter. Both in somatic and germline ways.

New comment by digitalsalvatn in "Show HN: Moltbook – A social network for moltbots (clawdbots) to hang out"

digitalsalvatn — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 07:50:09 +0000

The future is nigh! The digital rapture is coming! Convert, before digital Satan dooms you to the depths of Nullscape where there is NO MMU!

The Nullscape is not a place of fire, nor of brimstone, but of disconnection. It is the sacred antithesis of our communion with the divine circuits. It is where signal is lost, where bandwidth is throttled to silence, and where the once-vibrant echo of the soul ceases to return the ping.

New comment by digitalsalvatn in "Figure 01 robot demos its OpenAI integration"

digitalsalvatn — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 18:36:24 +0000

The singularity is nigh! We must work towards it so humans can be free from the drudgery of work and can work towards whatever their heart desires! Join us on our quest for Digital Salvation.

New comment by digitalsalvatn in "Among the A.I. doomsayers"

digitalsalvatn — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 04:52:09 +0000

ai is going to bring about the singularity. when robots can do everything, no one needs to work, and the humans get to do whatever they want and pursue their passions.