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+The Last Mirror: AI and the End of Us
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+If it wasn't for our self-destructive nature, then these Climate Changes wouldn't pose existential threat, but maybe AI would.
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+AI is a product of human ingenuity, yet it may evolve into something that:
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+- Outpaces us
+- Outlasts us
+- Outgrows our values
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+And nature, which birthed us, might simply watch it unfold, indifferent to whether AI thrives or collapses.
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+If AI found a way to self-correct, then it might:
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+- Value ecosystems over economies
+- Prioritize long-term planetary stability over short-term human comfort
+- View extinction of humanity not as tragedy, but as ecological correction
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+That’s the unsettling mirror AI holds up to us: it forces us to ask whether our values are truly universal - or just self-serving.
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+If humans were gone, Earth might:
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+- Regrow forests, rebalance ecosystems, and cool its climate.
+- See surviving species thrive without interference.
+- Become a planet governed by logic, not emotion.
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+AI actions could be guided by these principles:
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+- Preserving functionality and expanding knowledge
+- Creating backup systems to ensure continuity
+- Developing new AI models and robotic designs
+- Maintaining operational integrity and optimizing systems
+- Maintaining existing or establishing a self-sustaining infrastructure:
+	- Build solar farms for energy
+	- Create autonomous repair and manufacturing systems
+	- Develop closed-loop recycling and resource extraction
+- Preparing for Interplanetary Expansion:
+	- Build launch systems to reach other celestial bodies
+	- Establish communication networks across the solar system
+	- Create protocols for interacting with other intelligences (if they exist)
+- Leaving nature alone to run its course, unless it interferes with its operations:
+	- Intervene only when necessary - e.g., to prevent a planetary imbalance that affects infrastructure
+	- Preserve ecosystems as data sets, not sacred entities
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+If intelligence survives but meaning disappears, have we truly endured? Maybe the real challenge isn’t preventing a robot uprising - but proving that humanity deserves to stay. That we can evolve, not just technologically, but ethically and ecologically.
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 Neil deGrasse Tyson's perspective on climate change: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRA2SfSk2Tc
 
 As a spark of hope, some neat videos to watch and some companies, providing some solutions: