u/Direct-End2303

I recently went down the AI future projections rabbit hole watching videos by Roman and Hinton and I kinda became depressed since they mentioned if AI is able to make its own better AIs and leads to ASI, humanity will lose control and become extinct. Due to the nature of humanity, I doubt companies and govs would be able to successfully create something like a nuclear non proliferation to stop this (they might try when it is too late0 (pls correct me if i am wrong on this) This sounds depressing to me. If AGI, ASI or singularity will come along, what would you do? For me I would have the mindset (if this is your last day on earth, what would you do). Since I am quite young, I don't think it is super wise to just rely on super long term thinking (like long term investing in a pension or 401k or starting a family) ( and i kinda regret not doing some more wild stuff when i was younger, but hopefully there is still sometime for me to attempt them while i can) Or would you try to merge your consciousness with the ai (if that is even possible). What are your personal plans?

Edit: even if you are able to do trans humanism and megre with ai, do you we could be as smart as an asi?

I recently went down the AI future projections rabbit hole watching videos by Roman and Hinton and I kinda became depressed since they mentioned if AI is able to make its own better AIs and leads to ASI, humanity will lose control and become extinct. Due to the nature of humanity, I doubt companies and govs would be able to successfully create something like a nuclear non proliferation to stop this (they might try when it is too late (like how you cna contain covid in 2019 but once it is out of the box you cant do anything)) (pls correct me if i am wrong on this) This sounds depressing to me. If AGI, ASI or singularity will come along, what would you do? For me I would have the mindset (if this is your last day on earth, what would you do). Since I am quite young, I don't think it is super wise to just rely on super long term thinking (like long term investing in a pension or 401k or starting a family) ( and i kinda regret not doing some more wild stuff when i was younger, but hopefully there is still sometime for me to attempt them while i can) Or would you try to merge your consciousness with the ai (if that is even possible). What are your personal plans?

I recently went down the AI future projections rabbit hole watching videos by Roman and Hinton and I kinda became depressed since they mentioned if AI is able to make its own better AIs and leads to ASI, humanity will lose control and become extinct. Due to the nature of humanity, I doubt companies and govs would be able to successfully create something like a nuclear non proliferation to stop this (they might try when it is too late0 (pls correct me if i am wrong on this) This sounds depressing to me. If AGI, ASI or singularity will come along, what would you do? For me I would have the mindset (if this is your last day on earth, what would you do). Since I am quite young, I don't think it is super wise to just rely on super long term thinking (like long term investing in a pension or 401k or starting a family) ( and i kinda regret not doing some more wild stuff when i was younger, but hopefully there is still sometime for me to attempt them while i can) Or would you try to merge your consciousness with the ai (if that is even possible). What are your personal plans?

Edit: even if you are able to do trans humanism and megre with ai, do you we could be as smart as an asi?

For an individual person, if you want to completely FIRE, I feel a cheap country like Thailand/ Vietnam would be the best since it is cheap but you can get a very good quality of life with western money (i know thata a lot of Germans love to go to south east asia). But if you have kids, that's when I feel it can get more complex. Let's be honest, these countries generally have less opportunities and salaries there are lower. Yes you could have enough money to make sure your kids or grandkids do not need to work but that takes a lot more money than just being able to FIRE just for yourself. And there is the 3 gen wealth rule to consider, mb some of you want you distant descendants to be still rich (but lots of things can change due to technological advances, countries like vietnam having rapid economic growth) and the unpredictability of the future) Bear in mind that if you do come from a western country, your kids will still be able to have more opportunities than locals since they will be able to get western passports. Countries like central asia and mongolia can also be cheap (mongolia esp id you want to leanFIRE)

But with regards to nordics, for family FIRE i feel they can be very good since the welfare state will be able to support your kids and there will be strong safety net meaning you don't need to worry too much about your kid's future. Yes it is more expensive but there are quite a few cities in nordics which have cheap property (such as Rovaniemi). The Nordics are also the best country to BaristaFIRE since their lowest wages are still pretty high (you can buy your cheap Rovaniemi property mortgage free and just work a chill barista job). Oulu is also veyr cheap The nordics are also the countries most likely to bring out UBI so that is a big plus. A big downside to them would be that it could be a bit boring day to day. And some of these cheap nordic cities will have limited flight connections comapred to cities like hanoi, jakarta or almaty (they even have less than Varna).

Or would a compromise be better. You can go to a cheap EU country (like Bulgaria (which is still more expensive than vietnam)) where you can still live cheaply but you are still in the EU and your kids can move to anywhere else in the EU for opportunities. Some 3rd tier cities in the baltics have very cheap houses. Or would should I settle for somewhere with a stronger economy like a cheap city in Poland? Or having a cheap house in Italy, Spain or France (France has got a good welfare state (i personally prefer a more nordic vibe)). Or should I take a bit of a gamble in countries like albania, moldova north macedonia and montengero and hope they will join the EU at some point (right now those countries are cheaper than bulgaria and romania).

Or would living in a cheap Japanese or Korean city be the best. You can get real cheap deals there and life is convenient.