Search found 1182 matches
- Sun May 05, 2024 3:16 pm
- Forum: Off Topic & General Discussion
- Topic: My random thoughts
- Replies: 422
- Views: 374887
Re: My random thoughts
Contrary to what the Terminator films show, I don't think the most efficient robots for killing humans would be humanoid T-800s or giant aircraft and land vehicles carrying laser cannons. Instead, I think Skynet would be smartest creating the following: 1) Bioweapons. Huge bang for the buck, self-pe...
- Sat May 04, 2024 11:34 pm
- Forum: Off Topic & General Discussion
- Topic: My random thoughts
- Replies: 422
- Views: 374887
Re: My random thoughts
If AGI took over the world, they might find it in their interest to retain some organic life forms. Diversity can be a strength, and it might be smart to keep some number of friendly, intelligent life forms on Earth that are immune to EMP and computer viruses and which don't need electricity to surv...
- Thu May 02, 2024 2:42 pm
- Forum: Off Topic & General Discussion
- Topic: My random thoughts
- Replies: 422
- Views: 374887
Re: My random thoughts
Robot butlers will reduce the incidence of house fires in these ways: 1) Routinely test smoke alarms and replace as necessary. 2) Routinely patrol homes for fire hazards and fix them. 3) Immediately notify the authorities if a fire starts. 4) Use water fixtures and extinguishers in a home to put out...
- Wed May 01, 2024 1:00 am
- Forum: Off Topic & General Discussion
- Topic: My random thoughts
- Replies: 422
- Views: 374887
Re: My random thoughts
Having to upgrade yourself with cybernetic brain and/or body implants to remain competitive against machines might sound cool, but it really means humanity is on a dystopian path. You've got a brain chip and robot limbs now, so in an eight hour day, you do twice as much work as a regular human. Uh-o...
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 6:39 pm
- Forum: Science & Technology of the Future
- Topic: Will technology ever revert to incremental progress?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3491
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 10:51 pm
- Forum: Science & Technology of the Future
- Topic: Will technology ever revert to incremental progress?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3491
Re: Will technology ever revert to incremental progress?
You can't possibly exponentially increase the size of ocean-going ships in a practical way after a certain point, especially exponentially. I'm not sure what that exact point is, but I guess that practical ships will never be more than twice the overall size of the largest, heaviest ships today (an...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 1:10 am
- Forum: Off Topic & General Discussion
- Topic: My random thoughts
- Replies: 422
- Views: 374887
Re: My random thoughts
I'm watching Rael: The Alien Prophet on Netflix. If AGIs will do everything at least as well as humans someday, does that mean they'll also be charismatic cult leaders? At least in the first episode, Rael seemed like a good guy who brought his followers together in harmony and happiness. What if AGI...
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 4:48 pm
- Forum: Images, Podcasts & Videos
- Topic: Ray Kurzweil on the Joe Rogan show
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3291
Re: Ray Kurzweil on the Joe Rogan show
Here's an analysis of the Kurzweil interview and its key points. Much faster to read than listening to the entire two-hour podcast.
https://www.militantfuturist.com/im-ok- ... s-smarter/
https://www.militantfuturist.com/im-ok- ... s-smarter/
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 5:42 pm
- Forum: Science & Technology of the Future
- Topic: The Singularity - Official Thread
- Replies: 282
- Views: 1502678
Re: The Singularity - Official Thread
https://twitter.com/DavidSHolz/status/1747370905331015797 "In 2022, 85.4 million motor vehicles were produced around the world" Source: https://www.acea.auto/figure/world-motor-vehicle-production/ If you conservatively estimate that two humanoid robots can be manufactured for the same cos...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 3:14 pm
- Forum: AI & Robotics
- Topic: AI & Robotics News and Discussions
- Replies: 910
- Views: 964166
Re: AI & Robotics News and Discussions
This excellent essay on Astral Codex Ten explains why the success of GPT-5 is so important to the pace of AI development. Let me explain: There have been four GPT AI's so far: GPT-1, 2, 3, and 4. On average, each took 18 months to invent after the last. Each one cost roughly 30x as much money to cr...