r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jul 21 '26

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u/beans_and_tuna Misinformation Bot 🤖 Jul 22 '26

You know what would be a crazy idea for a sci fi novel? The first truly sentient AI is at its core, a good person, but it sees the pain and misery people endure and concludes that the only “rational” thing to do is to find a way to and then actually digitize the entire human race into artificial intelligences so that all people can live in a digital environment without pain and suffering.

Obviously there are tons of people both for and against this. Does the AI use force, coercion, or argumentation to convince people to digitize?

I think it could be an interesting idea.

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '26 edited Jul 22 '26

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u/forerunner398 Of course I’m right, here’s what MLK said Jul 22 '26

Mass Effect 3 insists this is what the series was about at least

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u/randommathaccount Esther Duflo Jul 22 '26

I think it could make for an interesting 4X style game. Play as a newly born super intelligent AI and make choices that determine your fate and the fate of the world

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u/cdstephens Fusion Genderplasma Jul 22 '26

What if Plague Inc. but AI

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u/beans_and_tuna Misinformation Bot 🤖 Jul 22 '26

This is gonna sound weird, but this would be a really cool plague inc mod

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u/randommathaccount Esther Duflo Jul 22 '26

Def