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36-3 t1_jco4dn8 wrote

This was projected back around 1990. The US defense dept commissioned a study on climate change. Aside from the increased temperatures, changes in precipitation patterns and the changes to the Gulf Stream etc., it predicted serious fresh water shortages that might lead to "water wars". Maybe Paolo Bacigalupi's "Water Knife" isn't too far fetched.

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36-3 t1_j1tn57j wrote

The upper limit of technology is when we end ourselves as a species. Letting the greenhouse climate run away, Nuclear war, Biological warfare (lessons of the Covid pandemic were not lost on the big players) or perhaps an accident like a fricken big asteroid hitting Earth and carving out a new moon. Otherwise, if the human race can keep from destroying itself, technology will keep on keepin' on. (just my humble opinion)

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36-3 t1_j1c3o2w wrote

I can't remember- what did Stephen Hawking say about AI ? I believe AI will open up many doors and will be used for the good. However, AI is in the control of human beings many of whom are nefarious and actually evil. AI is already being adapted to warfare. It's no big stretch to see it used to limit the freedoms of the people in states like China & Iran & despotic regimes. The future will not be all rosey. Look at all of human history- that is our future.

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