The Geoff on Nostr: "The records clearly state that AI ended their civilization." "But that's ridiculous, ...
"The records clearly state that AI ended their civilization."
"But that's ridiculous, the technology was nowhere near AI. They only had the most basic quantum computers, they were centuries away from that kind of capability."
"Yes - a student of mine suggests they simply *thought* they had developed AI."
"So? That can't have destroyed a civilization?"
"The thesis is that it can, if people actually believed it."
"No civilization would be that daft."
#MicroSF
"But that's ridiculous, the technology was nowhere near AI. They only had the most basic quantum computers, they were centuries away from that kind of capability."
"Yes - a student of mine suggests they simply *thought* they had developed AI."
"So? That can't have destroyed a civilization?"
"The thesis is that it can, if people actually believed it."
"No civilization would be that daft."
#MicroSF