Notices by estelle (estelle@mstdn.social)

@inthehands i would suggest not giving the keys to that decision, then, to the sorts of people who think a mainframe-based large language model will harvest crops for them, and have put zero effort into trying to invalidate their own assumptions

@inthehands seeking prior art might have prevented a lot of this sort of thinking

sarah taber was a very good follow when you wanted to know all the ways that agriculture (including automated agriculture) could go horribly wrong,

either due to vastly underestimating the needed scale, or underestimating the problem of How Not to Spend 90% of the Robot's Lifespan Being Repaired
(it turns out that typical field conditions are perfect for killing even "waterproof" robots)

@inthehands nevertheless, i've always maintained that the fact that a highly technological society can be built upon the labor of a small number of human beings shows that, somehow, society can probably figure out how to pay them with all that automation,

@carnage4life the value of substantial wealth partially lies in the fact that it's not deployed, but threatens to be at any time,

so, i consider this the funniest possible outcome, thanks

@AnarchoNinaWrites i like watching the same group of people talk about both overpopulation and underpopulation depending on who the audience is

(this is a joke. i do not in fact like watching this. but you have to find dark humor where you can sometimes)

@RickiTarr the male fae (respectfully)