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by antonvs 46 days ago
"Live with" is an idiom which means to accept, tolerate, or come to terms with an unavoidable, difficult, or imperfect situation.

We do indeed have to live with the possibility of asteroid impact, nuclear war, etc. That doesn't imply anything about those scenarios being alive.
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whilenot-dev 46 days ago
The idiom in question by OP and TFA is "to live side by side with", lauding AI with a life and ranking it a neighbor hierarchy wise.

I don't live side by side with the possibility of an asteroid impact, nuclear war, etc., I just live with that possibility.

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antonvs 46 days ago
It's essentially the same concept. Here are some examples:

> "The authors discuss two enduring lessons of the Internet revolution: The first is that new technologies do not replace the old. They live side by side."

    -- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1094996802701588
> "The colours and textures represent the good urban life where nature and buildings live side by side."

    -- https://www.behance.net/gallery/91786053/Ylva
> "Past and future live side by side in Barcelona."

    -- https://www.listonegiordano.com/one/en/architecture/casa-privata-eg69/
> "Alton Mill – Where History and Art Live Side-by-Side"

    -- https://katherineryalen.com/alton-mill-where-history-and-art-live-side-by-side/
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> I don't live side by side with the possibility of an asteroid impact, nuclear war, etc.

No, but idiomatically, you already live side by side with AI, and will do so even more in future, whether you like the idiom or the actual experience, or not.

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