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Baoyu Describes “AI-Era Nihilism” as “AI Cyber Impotence”
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What is nihilism in the AI era? It’s when AI skips all the foreplay for you and brings you to a climax in one second, then you spend a long refractory period searching for the meaning of life. In short: “AI cyber impotence”
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Baoyu described “nihilism in the AI era” as “AI cyber impotence” in a post on X, using a sexual metaphor to characterize a search for meaning after instant gratification. In his analogy, AI skips the foreplay and delivers a climax in one second, leaving a long refractory period spent searching for the meaning of life.
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