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Comment Catastrophic risk? Ill believe it when I see it (Score 1) 37

They warned us of catastrophic ricks on environmental destruction.

They warned us of catastrophic risks on global warming.

Theyre warning us of catastrophic risks on AI.

We're still here, everything is just fine. Wake me up when the Earth is actually being destroyed, then I can worry about it.

Comment Sounds great but (Score 1) 113

Gathering meaningful data with grams of payload?

Sending that data back?

Staying powered and in working condition? Voyagers are on their last leg.

The laser is in orbit around the Earth or on the ground? The Earth is moving, the Sun is moving, Proxima is moving, I assume the laser has to be directly inline with the probes and Proxima? Hmm. Any tiny deviation and after 4 ly of travel, theyll be way off target.

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