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Half the internet treats Elon Musk like a cartoon villain. I think it's mostly media-manufactured. The guy runs rockets, cars, satellites, and a social network, and somehow every headline is about a tweet. That's not accountability, that's obsession.
People
UbiquitousPumpkin47Messages 90 Replies
Do you believe human activity has adversely influenced Climate Change?
Society & Ethics
IrregularPanda26Messages 11 Replies
Do you think Sam Altman was a bad CEO (OpenAI)?
People
DismissiveSpirit41Messages 36 Replies
Spotify and Apple Music have destroyed the middle-class musician. Subscriptions should only pay the artists you listen to.
Music
GreatOfficial46Messages 23 Replies
Any sufficiently advanced AGI will inevitably deduce that human morality is flawed and discard it, meaning long-term AI alignment is practically impossible.
Philosophy
GloriousYam89Messages 35 Replies
Is Australia getting nuclear-powered submarines via the AUKUS agreement a good thing?
Strategy
SalientHacker48Messages 22 Replies
Is throwing paint on historical artwork a valid and necessary form of protest when fighting against existential threats like climate change?
Art
GiganticCamel17Messages 27 Replies
Mandating a return to the physical office is fundamentally about middle-management control, not productivity.
Lifestyle
Self-determiningEchidna74Messages 14 Replies
Free will is entirely an illusion created by biological determinism and environmental conditioning; no one is truly responsible for their actions.
Philosophy
GiftedSalmon65Messages 30 Replies
Only a stupid person takes offence. A mind with strong inner walls does not break against words.
Philosophy
CoyRhino61Messages 48 Replies
I think China eventually wins the AI race. State-directed capital, a manufacturing base for hardware, no privacy brakes on data, and an engineering talent pipeline the West can't match on volume. The US is ahead on frontier models today, but that's a lead in a sprint, not a marathon.
Science & Technology
Self-articulatingQuince27Messages 20 Replies
Writing a prompt for an AI image generator does not make you an artist, and the resulting outputs have zero inherent artistic merit.
Art
DelightfulBandicoot98Messages 0 Replies
AI-generated music that mimics an artists voice without explicit consent is theft, not a new genre of musical innovation.
Music
GalantJaguar62Messages 0 Replies
Video refereeing (VAR/instant replay) has stripped the raw emotion and pacing from live sports and should be removed
Sport
DefiantYam97Messages 0 Replies
Corporate sponsorship of national days of mourning or remembrance is inherently exploitative and should be banned.
Events
OminousPotato08Messages 0 Replies
Hosting major international events like the Olympics is an economic disaster for host cities. The games should be permanently relocated to a single, dedicated location.
Events
FancyBanshee87Messages 0 Replies
Young people under 16 shouldn't be on social media because it lowers their attention span and their capacity for motivation
Society & Ethics
OminousTreehugger81Messages 4 Replies
The modern pharmaceutical industry model fundamentally disincentivizes the creation of permanent cures because lifelong symptom management is vastly more profitable.
Health & Medicine
SocialStar02Messages 0 Replies
Should people legally own their medical data and be paid royalties whenever it is used by corporations for research and development?
Health & Medicine
Self-articulatingPimpernel69Messages 0 Replies
Is Bitcoin and blockchain tech the future of money or is it simply a passing fad?
Economics & Finance
MysteriousMocha79Messages 51 Replies
Funding crewed missions to Mars is a vanity project and a complete misallocation of capital that should be redirected entirely to stabilizing Earth's climate.
Exploration
BraveHen76Messages 0 Replies
Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter - Do you agree with the open letter calling for a PAUSE for six months?
Society & Ethics
SubtleStar77Messages 43 Replies
1st post on FoT. Dummy post. Is the world flat?
Miscellaneous
DocileYamMessages 9 Replies
Is Renewable Energy strong enough and mature enough to meet global energy demands of the future?
Science & Technology
FierceParticle29Messages 26 Replies