What do you think the future of global society looks like?

[SvennoJ]

JRPGfan said:

LegitHyperbole said:

I'll give you a scary thought. Take into account global warming and it's threat and now think at what point along this timeliness do the 1% not need the 99% anymore when AI and robotics can do most of everything and they can keep the lifestyles they're used to, perhaps even better..

Not much value in haveing all the power and money, if your the only person left on the planet.
Imagine all you do, is controll a bunch of robots....

Theres no entertainment.. no other humans to talk too.... just your friendly Ai bot.
I don't think the super elite have much reason to kill off vast amounts of the population.

I wouldn't put it past the US or China, trying to depopulate the world, though a war or virus though.
Maybe WW3 wipes out like 90% of the human population and 10,000 years from now, the planet is right back on track :p
Bacteria, fungus figoured out how to eat plastic, give it some time, most of that will be gone, and some of those forever compounds we poluted the world with as well.

It's coming https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68927816 (plastic eating bacteria)

The Earth still has 5 billion years left before the sun becomes a Red Dwarf. (Although the last 2 - 3 billion years will be unstable) Plenty time for more civilizations to arise.

But you're right, what's the point of being 'superior' if there's no one left to feel 'superior' to. More likely the super elite simply stop caring bout the masses (or even less then they do now)

Something like Otherland can happen as well, where the super elite retreat into the virtual realm. Upload you consciousness to the cloud.