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IA8IT

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

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 Tuesday OP

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

The idea of floating around in orbit... purr-rat beauty Tuesday #2

Or Elysium? LearnedHand Tuesday #3

That was such a good movie FoxNewsSucks Tuesday #4

It was, and I think about it often LearnedHand Tuesday #5

"In Time" is another great one FoxNewsSucks Wednesday #6

struggle4progress

(127,520 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

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purr-rat beauty

(1,808 posts)

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

Reply to IA8IT (Original post)

Tue Jul 14, 2026, 09:14 PM

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....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

(5,716 posts)

3. Or Elysium?

Reply to IA8IT (Original post)

Tue Jul 14, 2026, 09:18 PM

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

FoxNewsSucks

(12,046 posts)

4. That was such a good movie

Reply to LearnedHand (Reply #3)

Tue Jul 14, 2026, 10:42 PM

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

LearnedHand

(5,716 posts)

5. It was, and I think about it often

Reply to FoxNewsSucks (Reply #4)

Tue Jul 14, 2026, 10:44 PM

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FoxNewsSucks

(12,046 posts)

6. "In Time" is another great one

Reply to LearnedHand (Reply #5)

Wed Jul 15, 2026, 12:13 AM

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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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