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Paramount
rank Sun Aug 30 17:45:38
Icelandic voters reject a proposal to restart negotiations to join the European Union

https://ap...9f8d4e140894fe22db17005e9c2a2e

I don’t get it. Doesn’t everyone want to join the EU and be ruled by corrupt elite in Brussels? Did Putin influence the referendum in Iceland??? We know that Putin wants to conquer the world.

LazyCommunist
rank Sun Aug 30 17:51:27
So much easier now!

murder
rank Mon Aug 31 21:33:46

The fishing industry holds way too much power in some of these North Atlantic countries.

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Average Ameriacn
rank Mon Aug 31 21:39:47
Hiw much oil do they have?

Rugian
rank Mon Aug 31 21:54:51
Fishing is Iceland's second-largest industry, after tourism. I'd say the industry holds an appropriate amount of power in that country.

murder
rank Mon Aug 31 22:44:42

"Fishing is Iceland's second-largest industry, after tourism."

They should do something about that. It's 2026. No developed country should be that reliant on high school dropouts.

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Habebe
rank Tue Sep 01 06:02:20
I mean, in ten years it will rely on autonomous fishing vessels with built in AI.

murder
rank Tue Sep 01 11:24:25

People keep saying things like that, but there's no evidence to support that.

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jergul
rank Tue Sep 01 14:28:25
Automation will not replace fishermen, though it can make their jobs safer and more comfortable.

Rugian
rank Tue Sep 01 15:42:23
Not to worry. When the US conquers Iceland, we will completely transform the local economy by building data centers from coast to coast. Fishing will be a quaint pasttime by comparison.

Rugian
rank Tue Sep 01 16:01:18
There was a time not so long ago where that would have been entirely a joke.

Habebe
rank Wed Sep 02 00:28:17
Murder/Jergul, The tech exists, it's not perfected clearly. I think it's more the economics that will change it in the next decade.

I think a similar comparison would be internet technology 30 years ago. AI seems to be advancing faster. Fable 5.1 dropped today.

jergul
rank Wed Sep 02 14:33:50
Habebe
Which of the 100ds of operations on board a fishing vessel were you in particular thinking of can be done autonomously with built in AI (Whatever built in AI means)?

jergul
rank Wed Sep 02 14:36:16
Factually, it would be way easier to do the navy. It is way more procedural and could concievably create stable state operating conditions.

Sam Adams
rank Wed Sep 02 16:54:03
"Automation will not replace fishermen,"

Of course it will. Fishing is the exact kind of low skill job it will replace.

jergul
rank Wed Sep 02 18:27:14
Your low skill job is what AI is good at. Too many moving parts for too long in deep sea fishing.

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Paramount rank	Sun Aug 30 17:45:38 Icelandic voters reject a proposal to restart negotiations to join the European Union https://ap...9f8d4e140894fe22db17005e9c2a2e I don’t get it. Doesn’t everyone want to join the EU and be ruled by corrupt elite in Brussels? Did Putin influence the referendum in Iceland??? We know that Putin wants to conquer the world.
LazyCommunist rank	Sun Aug 30 17:51:27 So much easier now!
murder rank	Mon Aug 31 21:33:46 The fishing industry holds way too much power in some of these North Atlantic countries. -
Average Ameriacn rank	Mon Aug 31 21:39:47 Hiw much oil do they have?
Rugian rank	Mon Aug 31 21:54:51 Fishing is Iceland's second-largest industry, after tourism. I'd say the industry holds an appropriate amount of power in that country.
murder rank	Mon Aug 31 22:44:42 "Fishing is Iceland's second-largest industry, after tourism." They should do something about that. It's 2026. No developed country should be that reliant on high school dropouts. -
Habebe rank	Tue Sep 01 06:02:20 I mean, in ten years it will rely on autonomous fishing vessels with built in AI.
murder rank	Tue Sep 01 11:24:25 People keep saying things like that, but there's no evidence to support that. -
jergul rank	Tue Sep 01 14:28:25 Automation will not replace fishermen, though it can make their jobs safer and more comfortable.
Rugian rank	Tue Sep 01 15:42:23 Not to worry. When the US conquers Iceland, we will completely transform the local economy by building data centers from coast to coast. Fishing will be a quaint pasttime by comparison.
Rugian rank	Tue Sep 01 16:01:18 There was a time not so long ago where that would have been entirely a joke.
Habebe rank	Wed Sep 02 00:28:17 Murder/Jergul, The tech exists, it's not perfected clearly. I think it's more the economics that will change it in the next decade. I think a similar comparison would be internet technology 30 years ago. AI seems to be advancing faster. Fable 5.1 dropped today.
jergul rank	Wed Sep 02 14:33:50 Habebe Which of the 100ds of operations on board a fishing vessel were you in particular thinking of can be done autonomously with built in AI (Whatever built in AI means)?
jergul rank	Wed Sep 02 14:36:16 Factually, it would be way easier to do the navy. It is way more procedural and could concievably create stable state operating conditions.
Sam Adams rank	Wed Sep 02 16:54:03 "Automation will not replace fishermen," Of course it will. Fishing is the exact kind of low skill job it will replace.
jergul rank	Wed Sep 02 18:27:14 Your low skill job is what AI is good at. Too many moving parts for too long in deep sea fishing.
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