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- Sun Apr 07, 2024 6:39 pm
- Forum: Science & Technology of the Future
- Topic: Will technology ever revert to incremental progress?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2730
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 10:51 pm
- Forum: Science & Technology of the Future
- Topic: Will technology ever revert to incremental progress?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2730
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: 416
- Views: 357776
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: 2351
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: 278
- Views: 1469759
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: 902
- Views: 924812
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...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 1:52 pm
- Forum: Off Topic & General Discussion
- Topic: What's the Importance of Sweden in the World?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 785
Re: What's the Importance of Sweden in the World?
I've heard they have the world's hottest women.
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 3:03 am
- Forum: Science & Technology of the Future
- Topic: Will technology ever revert to incremental progress?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2730
Re: Will technology ever revert to incremental progress?
I think it will slow down at some point. We'll hit constraints due to limited resources, waste heat, and possibly limits on what is scientifically and technologically possible.
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 5:07 pm
- Forum: Biology & Medicine
- Topic: Possible breakthrough in organ xenotransplantation
- Replies: 13
- Views: 20374
Re: Possible breakthrough in organ xenotransplantation
A genetically engineered pig kidney has been implanted in a living person through a traditional procedure for the first time. Richard Slayman, 62, of Weymouth, Mass., who is suffering from end-stage kidney disease, received the organ Saturday in a four-hour procedure, Massachusetts General Hospital ...
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 3:33 pm
- Forum: Society & Demographics
- Topic: Society & Demographics News and Discussions
- Replies: 182
- Views: 159036
Re: Society & Demographics News and Discussions
This is a very deceptive graphic. Many of the areas with low life expectancies are predominantly black, Hispanic, or Native American, and vote overwhelmingly for the Democrats.