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"If SkyNet is a threat, it's 50 or 100 years off I think."

Well we work on global warming even though the worst effects are likely decades off. I think one computer science professor put it something like this: "If experts told us aliens were likely arriving on Earth in 50 or 100 years, it'd make sense to start preparing now." You don't want to wait until it's too late to do whatever needs to be done.



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