[ExI] Power satellites are being developed now

[spike at rainier66.com]

From: John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> 



 

>…I certainly agree with you about that because, other than avoiding thermonuclear war, compared with AI all the other problems facing the human race fade into insignificance.  But you also seem to feel that the most important problem facing civilization is the US budget deficit, and I certainly don't agree with you about that. I maintain that my views have more logical consistency than your views.  

 

John K Clark

 

 

The US budget deficit isn’t the biggest problem facing civilization.  It is a huge problem facing the US government.  In about 2033, Social Security reverts back to how it was structured previous to 1994.  That will have a jarring impact in many ways.  One of the biggest is that the disabled, who have been carried on SocSec for over 30 years, go back to the states.  The US federal government will be unable to help much because it will be doing all it can do to service its debt.  Those who loan money to the Federal government will expect a huge risk dividend.  Musk explained it all, and he was right.

 

Of course if the singularity comes along in two years, none of that matters.  But if it is more than 8 years, it matters.  So our only real disagreement is the time frame in which the singularity will occur.  I think it is about 15 to 20 years out.

 

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