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We are not facing skynet, but the techbros, media and government all want us to think so.
They did not “escape”, they were able to find security holes in poorly protected environments that they had access to. They performed the same security tests against live sites online, which also had security flaws. They did not spread, or escape, nor are they hiding on servers anywhere like in the movies. They simply performed a remote exploit after using a local one to get internet access.
These things are dangerous, but as a weapon in people’s hands. They still have off buttons, we still have all the control. But the narrative makes it feel like an inevitability, we’ve all watched too much sci-fi and aren’t using critical thinking skills.
What if it was 5grams. 5 grams of pysilosybin in complete darkness.
You can't get up. A lot of weird shit and sweating. Laughing then crying but then next day... a million bucks. I would do it again. Penis Envy Mushroom Boing
Was more a quote from Terrance McKenna, but I can get down with some Hamilton. I see you fam.