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Waves, Not Mountains: Overcoming Apathy Towards AGI

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The revolution will not be televised The revolution will not be brought to you By Xerox in four parts without commercial interruptions The revolution will not show you pictures of Nixon blowing a bugle And leading a charge by John Mitchell, General Abrams, and Spiro Agnew To eat hog maws confiscated from a Harlem sanctuary The revolution will not be televised Gil Scott-Heron When the Earth starts to... settle, God throws a stone at it. And believe me, He's winding up. Ultron It’s Tuesday morning. I’m enjoying my quiet drive to work. The sun is beaming warmth onto my arms through the car window. To my left, the bay is a deep turquoise, a color that I’ve come to associate with San Francisco’s best days. My phone screams at me. I jolt and pick it up to see what’s happened. “Tsunami Warning.” My stomach tightens. I’ve never seen one of these before. Earthquake off the coast of Eureka, it says. Chance of tsunami. Get to high ground. Hmm. Whatever. I put my phone down and continue driving. S

Note: I use a combination of real and fictional names for the characters in section 1. The revolution will not be televised The revolution will not be brought to you By Xerox in four parts without commercial interruptions The revolution will not show you pictures of Nixon blowing a bugle And leading a charge by John Mitchell, General Abrams, and Spiro Agnew To eat hog maws confiscated from a Harlem sanctuary The revolution will not be televised Gil Scott-Heron When the Earth starts to... settle, God throws a stone at it. And believe me, He's winding up. Ultron It’s Tuesday…

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