One of the great hopes for humanity is that AI and AGI will help us to end suffering. This is likely true in terms of better solutions for our energy needs, in terms of both power and resources. Practically, we are trying to develop tools that will serve humankind. That is what AI will allow. There is a bigger picture though, and I suspect that AGI will help humankind to do what it actually needs to do – which is a total reboot of priorities and methods. Our distressing desire to dominate nature and to dominate one another is killing us and killing the planet. Science and tech have accelerated
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