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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: g0177325   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: The Calhoun Effect
Date: 09/02/26 9:24 AM
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If you’re thinking of AI then the Calhoun rats experiment is not the right concern. The Calhoun rats are a minuscule subset of the global rat population. Out in the world, humans don’t feed and care for the rats. They hunt and destroy rats whenever they can.

We are not yet at the stage where humans are to AI as rats are to humans. We may never get to that point. But long before that happens - if it ever does - I think there is still a real risk that humans will simply come to depend more and more on AI and robotics powered by AI, for the tasks and chores of daily living. And long before AIs come to regard humanity as a threat in need of extermination they may still make it unnecessary to work for a living. And that is the analogy to the Calhoun Effect I was driving at.
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