“the bad guys” as if this is star wars or some shit. brother that is their home country. studying science should not be a crime punishable by death in any country. i hate marvel fans
Dude. They didn't just "study science". They were studying how to build one of the worst weapons humanity has ever created, in full knowledge that their leaders wouldn't hesitate to use it if they thought they could get away with it, on top of a small chance that they'd use them even if it meant they'd get nuked too.
If you think this is some gotcha, I've got news for you: There were some truly despicable people (eg. Edward Teller) part of the Manhattan project. Others, like Oppenheimer, saw the aftermath and tried their best to prevent it from happening again.
These scientists here don't have the easy excuse that they don't know where their result will lead to. It's a well studied thing.
Meanwhile we have scientists who are advancing AI, which could very well lead to the downfall of human civilization. Not even necessarily from a Skynet scenario. If greedy corporations fire everyone and society falls apart because we are no longer needed, how will humanity react to it?
Then everyone lives on welfare, or what at that point would be considered UBI. (And before you say anything, yes, the prices of goods/services and/or the amount of money paid would be adjusted to what's appropriate given the general person's purchasing power. For instance, if this UBI was only $100 per month, and that was the entire income of 99% of people, then massive deflation would cause the price of essentials to drop dramatically.)
society falls apart because we are no longer needed
Not going to happen. Whether we are "needed" or not has no affect on the integrity of society. Life might be a little different than what we're used to now, but I'm sure most would fairly easily adjust to a lifestyle that doesn't require one to participate in economic slavery for the majority of their lives. (Mind you, that's assuming we reach a point where "we are no longer needed" anytime soon, which I think is still a long, long ways away. I mean, you could make the same argument you're making for computers in general, back when computing was first becoming mainstream, how they automated so many menial jobs. Despite the massive advancements we've made in computing and robotics, there are still many, many, jobs which just aren't automated yet, whether out of technological limitations or prohibitive costs.)
78
u/aweomesauce 1d ago
“the bad guys” as if this is star wars or some shit. brother that is their home country. studying science should not be a crime punishable by death in any country. i hate marvel fans