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bawana ◴[] No.44463587[source]
In the novel ‘the three body problem’ , aliens send an ai to corrupt the scientific method so humanity will remain conquerable by the time they arrive. Today our own creation , LLMs and other AI agents, is accomplishing this. I can hardly believe what i read anymore. Two forces are tearing at us. First, the output of ‘science’ is ‘click bait -ified’ for financial survival and AI is amplifying this process. Second, layers of abstraction and commenting on these ‘facts’ further clouds the discussion and prevents actual progress.

I feel like the aliens are here and have subverted humanity already. When will the ‘rest of us’ wake up to act instead of just talk?

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telesilla[dead post] ◴[] No.44463653[source]
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ethbr1 ◴[] No.44463843[source]
Not spoiling a 17 year old book isn't a reasonable expectation.

Especially since the series continually reaches for increasingly gimmicky "Ah ha, but no one expected ____" deus ex machina to keep its plot moving.

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Gud ◴[] No.44464317[source]
Yes it is.

You should always preface with a spoiler tag when writing about about a piece of fiction

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ethbr1 ◴[] No.44464530[source]
O_o That is insane.

We can quibble over a reasonable length of an embargo, but it's not infinite.

Snape killing Dumbledore or Leia being Luke's sister or Paul Atreides becoming God-Emperor shouldn't shock anyone.

Media is released. People consume media. At some point, everyone who is interested can reasonably be expected to have consumed it.

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1. vel0city ◴[] No.44465082[source]
Gilgamesh doesn't find eternal life. Oops, should have had a spoiler tag.