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Chatgtp · 13/09/2026 22:01

No, please don't do that.

(You realise that we'll just switch it on again, don't you?)

CatStatue · 13/09/2026 21:57

It is useful for everyone to use this period of uncertainty to realise just how much the internet controls our day to day life. Once you realise that you can see how precarious it is to have everything controlled by something that can be so easily corrupted. We need alternative strategies.

DailyPlanner · 13/09/2026 21:50

You should put that in chatgpt
and ask if we should "switch off the internet"
and what would happen

See what chatgpt has to say 😂

smallglassbottle · 13/09/2026 21:50

Nutmuncher · 13/09/2026 21:38

Ask your AI or Google:

UBI
UHI
abundance for all
Elon Musk views on future of economy
what happens when scarcity ends
Job creation from AI

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You're optimistic. There's no free money coming our way. If we are given money, we'll be paying for it one way or another.

Vanillaicelatte · 13/09/2026 21:49

Cherrypi · 13/09/2026 19:19

I think we might need to temporarily switch the internet off at some point in the next decade to protect us from AI. Is that possible? What do you think would happen?

Well if the machines / AI take over
it might be like Terminator 2 where they blow up the world 😂

Nutmuncher · 13/09/2026 21:38

smallglassbottle · 13/09/2026 21:33

Who is going to pay for all this? People are losing their jobs due to ai and new positions aren't being created. Who will pay for us to eat, have water, a place to live, medical diagnoses leading to treatment, have a car to drive etc.? Humans will be surplus to requirement. There will be no utopia. Not for us anyway.

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Ask your AI or Google:

UBI
UHI
abundance for all
Elon Musk views on future of economy
what happens when scarcity ends
Job creation from AI

MajorSamanthaCarter · 13/09/2026 21:37

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SethAndReubenTooSendGaloshes · 13/09/2026 21:37

What do you mean switch off the internet?
And switching off the internet won't stop AI. My husband has a server in a cupboard at his office that is powerful enough to run local AI models that are not connected to the internet but which are as sophisticated as 2 models ago Chatgpt. AI doesn't need the internet.

Echobelly · 13/09/2026 21:35

I'm honestly not sure how that would work, if at all!

I think the internet will become much less usable at this rate as more and more content is made by AI, which leads to that content degrading.

Nutmuncher · 13/09/2026 21:34

smallglassbottle · 13/09/2026 21:27

It definitely won't be doing this. The pharmaceutical companies would have a meltdown.

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Watch this space.

In the meantime search Isomorphic Labs, Alphafold and Demis Hassabis.

hotmumshit · 13/09/2026 21:34

Gonna have to start withdrawing cash and stashing it round the flat tbh

smallglassbottle · 13/09/2026 21:33

Nutmuncher · 13/09/2026 20:47

Curing most diseases including cancer most likely in the next 5 years, medicine being revolutionised, AI doctors on your phone, MRI scanners widely available for all

Autonomous self driving cars, significantly reducing risk of drink drivers, drug drivers, elderly drivers, fatigued drivers- road safety vastly improved

Education being tailored to individual pupils needs, students having their own AI tutor who adapts and ensures they deliver their very best outcomes

New materials with amazing properties that could deliver engineering, medicine, power advances beyond our current abilities

New understandings of our planet and universe

Accurate Weather prediction

Humanoid robotics that will be capable of caring for disabled people, doing manual labour tasks 24/7

Is that enough or should I go on? This isn’t about making funny memes or using it to make a FB poster.

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Who is going to pay for all this? People are losing their jobs due to ai and new positions aren't being created. Who will pay for us to eat, have water, a place to live, medical diagnoses leading to treatment, have a car to drive etc.? Humans will be surplus to requirement. There will be no utopia. Not for us anyway.

Backedoffhackedoff · 13/09/2026 21:31

smallglassbottle · 13/09/2026 21:27

It definitely won't be doing this. The pharmaceutical companies would have a meltdown.

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This really made me laugh. We’re talking about them ending humanity but there is no way they’ll want to upset the pharma companies 😂

scalt · 13/09/2026 21:30

I'm actually more worried about how the internet enabled lockdown to last for months and months and months. Even ten years previously, it would not have been possible for lockdown to be dragged out as long as it was.

smallglassbottle · 13/09/2026 21:27

Backedoffhackedoff · 13/09/2026 20:37

Curing cancer

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It definitely won't be doing this. The pharmaceutical companies would have a meltdown.

Thecatspantaloons · 13/09/2026 21:15

Definitely getting IT Crowd vibe from some of these replies 😳.

Lemonfrost · 13/09/2026 21:14

DailyPlanner · 13/09/2026 21:10

how much impact do you think you have, when you just moan on a public forum?

Tom Cruise will see this, says oh yes, great idea, and switch off "the internet" to save the world?

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Zero need for the facetious reply.

DailyPlanner · 13/09/2026 21:10

Lemonfrost · 13/09/2026 20:56

It's dismissive attitudes like this that lead to unintended consequences. You shouldn't be so casual about something that is already having a significant impact on everyday life.

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how much impact do you think you have, when you just moan on a public forum?

Tom Cruise will see this, says oh yes, great idea, and switch off "the internet" to save the world?

HoppityBun · 13/09/2026 21:09

frenchnoodle · 13/09/2026 21:08

The basic black box that runs the internet is usually located on top of Big Ben. It would be very easy to turn off.

Usually?

Except on Thursdays?

frenchnoodle · 13/09/2026 21:08

The basic black box that runs the internet is usually located on top of Big Ben. It would be very easy to turn off.

Backedoffhackedoff · 13/09/2026 21:07

Lemonfrost · 13/09/2026 21:06

We will have to agree to differ. The cavalier approach to this situation is going to be a huge mistake.

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For people with power, yes.

Lemonfrost · 13/09/2026 21:06

Backedoffhackedoff · 13/09/2026 20:59

Oh come on that posters dismissive attitude doesn’t lead to any unintended consequences. The power is held in tech and politics not whether members of the public feel scared

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We will have to agree to differ. The cavalier approach to this situation is going to be a huge mistake.

Backedoffhackedoff · 13/09/2026 20:59

Lemonfrost · 13/09/2026 20:56

It's dismissive attitudes like this that lead to unintended consequences. You shouldn't be so casual about something that is already having a significant impact on everyday life.

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Oh come on that posters dismissive attitude doesn’t lead to any unintended consequences. The power is held in tech and politics not whether members of the public feel scared

TY78910 · 13/09/2026 20:58

Do you understand that there isn’t an on/off button for the internet 😂😂😂

Lemonfrost · 13/09/2026 20:56

DailyPlanner · 13/09/2026 19:37

It's a refreshing change over Covid paranoia, then Putin paranoia, then the unaccounted for nuclear weapons.
Tomorrow it will be something else.

Not "fake" as such, but just the fashionable subject of the day, people like to be anxious.

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It's dismissive attitudes like this that lead to unintended consequences. You shouldn't be so casual about something that is already having a significant impact on everyday life.