gotta say, douglas adams prepared me better for our absurd future than isaac asimov. like, spending hours explaining to a replicator AI how to make an excellent cup of tea, only to have the AI then lock up 100% of the ships computers resources mid-battle as it tries to comply with the request, that does seem like an increasingly more plausible scenario than a scientist planning a techno cult centuries in advance to prevent a great calamity
@lritter i mean the technocult planning is still happening but yeah it doesn’t seem likely to prevent any calamities
@chrisamaphone @lritter In fact, it is hell-bent on causing several calamities.