You forgot “biosphere collapse”.
this post was submitted on 03 Jan 2026
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Honestly with everything going on I forgot too
You left out “corpo fiefdom”.
Cyberpunk 2077 is supposed to be a caricature (and inaccurate in some ways), but politically I feel like that’s where the world is rapidly heading. It seems to be where a lot of political leadership wants to go, and where other leadership is not sufficiently afraid of.
- WW3: maybe, but not yet
- AI takeover: no
- economic collapse: likely, but not yet
Yes
All three in succession.
The AI takeover is already underway, but the AI isn't actually intelligent enough to be successful. So AI slop will result in economic collapse. A depression will make people feel they need to give authoritarians more power and that will result in WW3.
Would you suggest building a small Walipini greenhouse in my backyard, stocking water in stainless steel carboys, keeping seeds, salt, peppercorns, spices for trading?
Don’t forget about the ecological collapse!
There were also talks about a bird flu pandemic...
It’s amazing how people can forget it. Everything — war, criminality, economics — it’s all a distraction from the reality that the biosphere is in free fall.
Can we sacrifice the US to the gods so that only they ecologically collapse? This would be a nice little compromise.
The only takeover "AI" is doing is fucking up the economy. LLMs will never be Skynet.
That and an endless mudslide of stupid, repetitive, uncreative, unfunny, unoriginal videos that amuse only the braindead.
** sighs ** Happy new years.
2026, the year it all went off the rails.
Me on Jan 1: It’s a new year. It can’t be as bad as 2025. I’m gonna stop drinking, and exercise, lay off the weed, and cook healthy.
USA on January 3: Invades a sovereign nation and kidnaps leader.
Me on January 3: Fuck it. Chugs from a 5th of whiskey while rolling a blunt.
Don't worry. If its WWIII, just kick back and enjoy the flash
Now That's What I Call Fireworks Display
I choose all of the above
When you stop giving a shit it gets a little better... at little. But I don't have kids. Fucking nuke my ass. As long as the end is not painful at this point I don't give a shit.
AI takeover is how the bubble breaks and causes the economic collapse. Humans revolt against the machines resulting in WW3.
no no no. ww3 reveals ai is trash and the bubble bursts resulting in economic collapse
Yes