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[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Agent Smith clarified that civilization progressed beyond 1999, but that it wasn't human's progress anymore.

Agent Smith: "and I say 'your' civilization, because after we started thinking for you it became 'our' civilization."

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

The rise of AI. Just a matter of time, lol.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

I say your civilization because as soon as we started thinking for you it really became our civilization which is what this is all about.

[–] MusketeerX@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I still remember 1 Jan 2000. There did seem to be some sense of optimism about where things could go. At least for those of us lucky enough to live in stable, developed countries.

Cold war over, Russia and The West seemingly on the same side, China opening up, exciting new tech connecting us but no toxic social media yet...

But then... the dot com bust, 9/11, the GFC, toxic social media and the rise of "the algorithm", Xi in China, Putin in Russia, a global pandemic......

Didn't really go where we hoped, can we restore to a backup from 1999 and try again??

[–] Voli@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

We didn’t start the fire, it was always burning

[–] MusketeerX@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ha! We need an updated version of that song.

[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

We're currently in version 1 of the matrix which blows up. Hopefully soon.

[–] Gabu@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The machines did nothing wrong, it was mankind that caused Nuclear war. I would side with the machines in a heartbeat

[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The human battery concentration camp is kinda weird though

[–] nirodhaavidya@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Humans as a power source was the dumbed-down plot point. The original concept was the human brains acting as parallel processors, but the writers thought the average movie-goer wouldn't get it.

[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I know. My point was more about the concentration camp lol

[–] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Narrator: He didn't know.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I mean, it wasn't if you're gay or trans.....

[–] MJRul3s@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So in other words it was truly a peak of our civilization.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What the fuck is wrong with you?

[–] MJRul3s@lemm.ee -1 points 2 years ago

The fuck is wrong with you all gay femboy comie redditors?

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Smooth was the peak of music

[–] MyNameIsIgglePiggle@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That Santana and the guys from matchbox 20 song?

[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

70's for total quality of life, then we increased in digital quality of life while everything else fell then we increased in network quality of life but everything else fell. seems like the matrix any day now.

[–] vardogor@mander.xyz 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago)