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LLM Inevitabilism

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1611 points SwoopsFromAbove | 1 comments | 15 Jul 25 04:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.408s | source
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paradite ◴[15 Jul 25 05:05 UTC] No.44567976[source]▶
I think you are confusing "I don't like it" with "It's not going to happen".

Just because you don't like it, it doesn't mean it's not going to happen.

Observe the world without prejudice. Think rationally without prejudice.

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mrtesthah ◴[15 Jul 25 05:13 UTC] No.44568012[source]▶
Things “happen” in human history only because humans make them happen. If enough humans do or don’t want something to happen, then they can muster the collective power to achieve it.

The unstated corollary in this essay is that venture capital and oligarchs do not get to define our future simply because they have more money.

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_carbyau_ ◴[15 Jul 25 05:21 UTC] No.44568046[source]▶
> do not get to define our future simply because they have more money

I don't like it, but it seems that more money is exactly why they get to define our future.

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mrtesthah ◴[15 Jul 25 06:33 UTC] No.44568441[source]▶
I refer you again to the essay; it's not inevitable that those with substantially more money than us should get to dominate us and define our future. They are but a tiny minority, and if/when enough of us see that future as not going our way, we can and will collectively withdraw our consent for the social and economic rules and structures which enable those oligarchs.
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1. _carbyau_ ◴[16 Jul 25 01:56 UTC] No.44577950[source]▶
It is possible to have a society wide revolution.

French revolution, Iranian revolution and I'm sure a bunch of others throughout history.

Even the good revolutions are NOT NICE and the outcomes are not guaranteed.