That 24/7 news cycle I think is part of the problem. Almost every major political group has a news channel that filters things in exactly the way they want to hear it. The amount of misinformation and poor fact checking that runs rampant is just as poisonous as the factionalism and extremism our country is currently…

Wow. My contempt for punk's origins notwithstanding, this pretty well proves that Bono is exactly as irrelevant as I thought.

well clearly they're attempting a mugging.

Actually, its worse than that. Their intel gathering is limited only on infrastructure within the US borders. But apparently whenever you visit a website that's hosted in another country, that makes you fair game now. Citizenship is pretty much irrelevant as far as whos data is being collected at this point.

I rather assumed Apple was exactly as compromised as every other large tech company with a presence in handling consumer data. Didn't we figure all this out like a year or two ago?

Whats the difference between a cult and a religion?

"They sold a tho-"

Sounds like I need to pick up on it... Ben was always one of my favorite villains, and while I was happy to see whatsisname getting work I never glommed onto it.

That is an oddly specific sound isn't it?

"You know I like going through weird stupid doors first that no one gives a shit about"

something that would sound like 'baed' or 'baid' maybe?

I would love to see a run made at something like Revelation Space. I can't think of any movie that comes close to all the rampant weirdness and creeping horror in that.

I immediately thought of a Spider Robinson story after reading this, and I think its related in a strange way to the retooling of things thats been going on. http://www.spiderrobinson.com/melancholyelep…

Ok, that makes a lot more sense. Sorry about the vitriol and the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement jab, I'm just so sick of seeing all this doom and gloom about our species, or about whatever next big project our species thinks up. And yes, by and large the averages are what matter, but I like to think those…

"then why are you arguing other points that are completely irrelevant? Why are you involving outliers that don't change the point?" Other points that are irrelevant? They are direct responses to points you brought up.

Eating humans is considered horrific as far as the majority of modern society is concerned. It used to be quite common place. I never denied that humans tend to place more value on their own species, but I'd like to point out while certain practices are illegal, that doesn't stop them from happening. People are…

Again, you are exactly making the point I was getting at. Namely: you assume that every single member of whatever group does the exact same thing as every other member. The entire species is the same terrible trash as far as you're concerned. So AI will be the same because anthropomorphizing is fun.

This theory has actually sparked interest in me for Destiny. Up till around now I've had to constantly remind myself what the hell it was whenever I heard people discussing it.

Yes, because everyone ever born has always mistreated animals. There has never been an advancement of thought that condemns that behavior. I'm kicking puppies and stomping kittens as I type this. To prove your point for you.

I can't help but feel the #1 reason for AIs to attack us would be to read all the irrational hatred that just the concept of AI generates, nevermind how an actual AI would be treated.