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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>BillK via extropy-chat<br><b>Subject:</b> [ExI] Gemini 3 Pro Thinking on the Future of Humanity<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>First, I asked Gemini to review History and discuss the prospects for Humanity.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>The answer was balanced, with pros and cons.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><h3>Verdict<o:p></o:p></h3><p>…<o:p></o:p></p><p><span class=gmaildefault><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>-----------------</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span class=gmaildefault><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>I then followed up to ask Gemini to consider how the upcoming AGI Singularity might affect this. Again, there were good and bad possible futures.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><h3>Verdict<o:p></o:p></h3><h3><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>…<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p><span class=gmaildefault><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>BillK</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p>…<o:p></o:p></p><p><span class=gmaildefault><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>--------------</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span class=gmaildefault><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>It just doesn’t seem right. A human is asking AI about when AI will take over the world from humans.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p><span class=gmaildefault><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>You know it is a trick. I don’t trust a damn thing it says BillK. Even worse, there is no reliable way to check it: everything you can look up on the internet might have been written by this same soft-bahstid.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p><span class=gmaildefault><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>spike<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p><span class=gmaildefault><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p><span class=gmaildefault><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>