Yes, there's DNA and other pieces of evidence. This is just a real dumb thought I had.

To go deeper: some animals act curiously, others with fear, but only a few of them understand what the mirror does and use it to inspect themselves.

Same as an actual dream

they created a mass surveillance state...

I implore Mr Anthony Albanese to use this opportunity to annex new Zealand. The Australian economy NEEDS those sheep.

Just can’t fit the rest.

The reason of course is money apparently defines what is "good".

In trying to figure out how to warn our descendants about nuclear waste, even through a possible societal collapse, one of the more fun ideas is using cats that show a visible difference in the presence of nuclear radiation along with nursery rhymes/mythology that tell you to get the fuck out of dodge after your cat turns blue.

Similarly, our mythology about the fae lines up alright with current generative AI: it will tell you what you want to hear, but can’t be trusted; it looks like a person, but might have too many fingers or its eyes are made of stone; something’s just off.

To be clear: I don’t actually believe humans destroyed a previous society with “AI” at a similar sophistication level and coded cultural warnings against it into us, but it’s fun to think about.

If a time traveller posts a video from the future (of say some famous person giving an interview), it probably would appear to us as if its an AI generated video of the said person.

They’re disempowering themselves. Describe themselves as a victim of circumstance, powerless and without responsibility. It’s a disempowering narrative. You’re shooting yourself in the foot. In this story that we live, you are casting yourself as an npc.

On the flip side, saying “I can’t” adds authority to your argument. You’re citing an unstoppable force as the root cause of your actions. So it’s a tradeoff that way.

I feel dirty like I need to cleanse my soul, so I take this pill. But it does the opposite…