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<p class="MsoNormal">Gary writes:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">< I personally believe that the Earth would be much better off with under a billion (highly educated) people, with AI and robotics providing for the bulk of our material needs, and that is something we should as a species strive for. ><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I think the Earth would be better off without any people, and that the AIs should assimilate what is needed and then incrementally slow reproduction of humans, at least on this planet.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Marcus<o:p></o:p></p>
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