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by r33b33 199 days ago
We focus on colonisation of Universe and becoming a Kardashev Type III civilisation. Literally that.
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More likely we devolve into Kardashian Type society of shallow attention seekers. Or worse, we move towards a permanent divide of the insanely rich who own the machines and everyone else who struggle to make it through the day.

There are some who would say that both of these have already happened.

krap! maybe earth is ark B
We're just missing around 9001 steps between the devaluation of labor and the space exploration, which according to current understanding of physics is pure fantasy because all concepts of faster then light travel are purely "what-if" daydreams
Yes, many will suffer, many will die. The streets shall be washed in blood. All of that will happen. Immense, unbelievable suffering.

And after all that we still reach Type III and it was all worth it.

The latency problem proves to be insurmountable and we drift apart in woe at that fruitless sacrifices we made, then splinter in forgetting.
No, we don't. Billions die, including you and me, but whatever is left over populates entire galaxy.

Worth it.

Yeah, btw, AI was fantasy as well and yet here we are.