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by Vakanai
Thu Nov 02, 2023 3:15 pm
Forum: Society & Demographics
Topic: LGBT+ News and Discussions
Replies: 491
Views: 301738

Re: my view about LGBT+

I literally had no idea what LGBT or transsexual meant before 2014. Not that I was so young. It just happened, that I had completely zero interests in such topics. I spent my time on: computers, games (not only video games) and learning science or history. I also have Asperger's, so I'm a bit weird...
by Vakanai
Thu Nov 02, 2023 2:59 pm
Forum: AI & Robotics
Topic: AI & Robotics News and Discussions
Replies: 913
Views: 967934

Re: AI & Robotics News and Discussions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfkDg8KE_JY Hey, using robots to hunt ghosts is literally something I've been waiting for for over a decade now. Realtalk, if we're ever going to confirm or deny the paranormal, it'll be through robots and AI. Not really - part of the deal with the paranormal is you ...
by Vakanai
Tue Oct 31, 2023 9:02 pm
Forum: Science & Technology of the Future
Topic: The Singularity - Official Thread
Replies: 287
Views: 1504274

Re: The Singularity - Official Thread

VR & AR take off (truly) the moment they become fully integrated into AI. It will be way too appealing for most people to hold conversations with digitized celebrities, historical figures, influencers, and of course, waifus/husbandos. I honestly don't think the lack for physical sensation will ...
by Vakanai
Fri Oct 27, 2023 12:39 pm
Forum: Science & Technology of the Future
Topic: The Singularity - Official Thread
Replies: 287
Views: 1504274

Re: Singularity vs reality

Ray Kurzweil's idea and prediction for a 2023 $1000 laptop : 20 petaflops of FP32 (3D carbon nanotube lattices processors), 10 TB of RAM (40 TB/s), 1 PB of SSD real 2013 $1000 laptop : 1 teraflops, 16 GB of RAM (30 GB/s), 1 TB of HDD, 1920x1080 60Hz real 2023 $1000 laptop : 10 teraflops, 16 GB of R...
by Vakanai
Fri Oct 27, 2023 12:29 pm
Forum: Science & Technology of the Future
Topic: Virtual Reality (VR) and Full-Immersion Virtual Reality (FIVR)
Replies: 5
Views: 14876

Re: Virtual Reality (VR) and Full-Immersion Virtual Reality (FIVR)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JK8ilaPZbKE https://i.postimg.cc/p20NPZfN/diaspora-front-700.jpg FIVR without mind uploading can only really be used positively if there are limits to its use that force people to spend time IRL too. Otherwise people in this society will largely choose to live in vir...
by Vakanai
Wed Oct 25, 2023 12:04 pm
Forum: Physics
Topic: Quantum Computing News and Discussions
Replies: 139
Views: 151678

Re: Quantum Computing News and Discussions

I'm more interested in how gaming will be when these can be easily made to home pc without thinking about whether those delicate looking photon chips will break or not. How many photons will it take to render highest graphics possible while keeping the computer chill? Gaming? We're talking about po...
by Vakanai
Sun Oct 15, 2023 8:50 am
Forum: Off Topic & General Discussion
Topic: My random thoughts
Replies: 424
Views: 375905

Re: My random thoughts

Combat robots with advanced vision will make all but the best camouflage obsolete. Even if they don't have heat vision, their normal-spectrum vision will be so sharp that they'll be able to tell camouflaged human soldiers and vehicles apart from the background. Minute differences in colors and patt...
by Vakanai
Mon Oct 09, 2023 5:35 am
Forum: AI & Robotics
Topic: Talking to AI
Replies: 145
Views: 105071

Re: Talking to AI

Bold is my prompts. AI is Microsoft Bing. what does "ghost in the machine" mean? The phrase “ghost in the machine” is a metaphor for the idea that the mind or the soul is separate from and independent of the body. It is often used to describe the problem of how the mental and the physical ...
by Vakanai
Mon Oct 09, 2023 12:17 am
Forum: Off Topic & General Discussion
Topic: What was the last thing you bought?
Replies: 10
Views: 5850

Re: What was the last thing you bought?

Bought a few games on steam that are/were discounted and felt perfectly "Halloweenie" for the season. Couple Dracula-based Castlevania-styled games: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1189780/Wallachia_Reign_of_Dracula/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1794430/Vlad_Voievod_Dracula_Episod...
by Vakanai
Tue Oct 03, 2023 8:53 pm
Forum: AI & Robotics
Topic: AI & Robotics News and Discussions
Replies: 913
Views: 967934

Re: AI & Robotics News and Discussions

Here's hoping for the latter rather than the former! Hope so too! Otherwise I'm not even sure humanity can survive as a species under that scenario. :? Depends entirely on how much power we gave AI beforehand. Even an ASI can't do anything if it's living in one supercomputer or one server/server-st...