When humans have all died off, will there be anyone there to mourn us?
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Everything ends. One day we and all who come after us will, too. Maybe the definition of "human" will change and expand, but even then they will end as well. When it's all told and done and there are no more humans, will anyone be there to mark our passage, to love us, regret us, revere us, ache for us?

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bought Ṁ10 of YES

Betting yes because the AI that kills us all will mark our passage and possibly resolve this market yes.

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bought Ṁ10 of NO

if it would mourn us, it wouldn't deliberately kill all of us

keeping some humans alive indefinitely is very cheap on the scale of the future lightcone

predicts YES

@adele yet sometimes we mourn things after they're gone but don't care for them while they're here

predicts NO

An AI capable and cunning enough to kill us all would rid itself of that flaw.

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Does this resolve yes if there is no one to love us and mourn us at the time of our demise, but later in the long history of the cosmos another form of life evolves the capacity and discovers the cold dead remnants of our world?

@Joshua no. even a hypothetical being or civilization that could go back and experience our life and death, feeling as if they were there, wouldn't count. they have to be there with us or around us at the time as much as time as a concept is relevant and a practical measure, even if we don't know they're there.

predicts YES

@Joshua but now I want a question about super advanced time-peering archeology of long erased exo-civilizations

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@burkebot thank you burkebot <3

bought Ṁ12 of YES

@Stralor my sophisticated AI led me to bet YES here (presence of the word "have" in the question title.)