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IA8IT

(6,480 posts) Tue Jul 14, 2026, 08:55 PM 6 hrs ago

Is WALL-E our A.I. future? Billionaires in orbit above dead earth?

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Is WALL-E our A.I. future? Billionaires in orbit above dead earth? (Original Post) IA8IT 6 hrs ago OP

Let's get a head start on it and put them in orbit now struggle4progress 6 hrs ago #1

The idea of floating around in orbit... purr-rat beauty 6 hrs ago #2

Or Elysium? LearnedHand 5 hrs ago #3

That was such a good movie FoxNewsSucks 4 hrs ago #4

It was, and I think about it often LearnedHand 4 hrs ago #5

"In Time" is another great one FoxNewsSucks 3 hrs ago #6

struggle4progress

(127,486 posts)

1. Let's get a head start on it and put them in orbit now

Reply to IA8IT (Original post)

Tue Jul 14, 2026, 08:59 PM

6 hrs ago

purr-rat beauty

(1,780 posts)

2. The idea of floating around in orbit...

Reply to IA8IT (Original post)

Tue Jul 14, 2026, 09:14 PM

6 hrs ago

....is juvenile at best, you will be exposed to harsh conditions ( like radiation ) and all it takes is 1 person losing their shit to fuck it up for many.

Like, why can't we develop technology that can help us grow with this planet, not destroy it.

LearnedHand

(5,714 posts)

3. Or Elysium?

Reply to IA8IT (Original post)

Tue Jul 14, 2026, 09:18 PM

5 hrs ago

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1535108/

FoxNewsSucks

(12,042 posts)

4. That was such a good movie

Reply to LearnedHand (Reply #3)

Tue Jul 14, 2026, 10:42 PM

4 hrs ago

and it's exactly what they seem to be working toward.

LearnedHand

(5,714 posts)

5. It was, and I think about it often

Reply to FoxNewsSucks (Reply #4)

Tue Jul 14, 2026, 10:44 PM

4 hrs ago

FoxNewsSucks

(12,042 posts)

6. "In Time" is another great one

Reply to LearnedHand (Reply #5)

Wed Jul 15, 2026, 12:13 AM

3 hrs ago

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1637688/

a 2011 movie, like Elysium and the Hunger Games series I thought it epitomizes the kind of future that the rich fucks envision.

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