Digital decay versus the extinction of homo sapiens. hmmmm
Could both of these scenarios happen simultaneously? We’re already seeing the digital space crumble under misinformation and tech dependence, while humanity, with all its ummmm BS, may very well evolve into something unrecognizable over the next few weeks LOL. Let’s just hope we don’t go extinct before we can appreciate the beauty of progress or at least a few good jokes along the way.
As much as I dislike doing laundry I can't really imagine a robot being able to fold my clothes or if that's really gonna save me that much time even if they could.
Ah, no wonder my ears were burning when I woke up today. 😃
I'm thoroughly underwhelmed by robots running races. Cars go faster than even a horse, planes can fly, and bulldozers move a lot more earth than a human can. The whole point of machines is that they can do things we can't. But what possible value is there in watching sports played by machines? The whole point of a sport is human excellence. Baseball, for example, involves the very edge of human performance in pitching and batting (and catching and running bases). Robot sports sound as interesting as watching a washing machine.
The failure of the robot "racers" reminds me of the self-driving car races they used to have in the SoCal desert. At least for the first few years, none ever finished, and many were in trouble early on. At least eventually.
I doubt P45&47 can even play checkers, let alone chess. And not only would the single-space King annoy him, so would the power of the Queen. I suspect people are just brown-nosing when they claim he's doing something adult and sophisticated.
[Just to be pedantic, computer chess is entirely 2D. And in cases like this, I do not consider time a dimension. Only orthogonal Euclidean directions need apply. One could, I think, design a 4D chess game. There is a 4D Rubik's Cube. Visualization is a bit of a trick.]
I don't know that we'd ever completely extinguish ourselves given how spread out we. It's not impossible, though, but I suspect it's more likely we'd make things so bad that billions perish and the human race is reduced to much simpler times. The real problem is that "sapiens" means "one who knows" or "wisdom", and we've never really lived up to that name.
back in the last century someone predicted computer intelligence would exceed human intelligence by 2015, based on a simple graft with a linear human line and an exponential line for computers. I dont think we made that time line. but a good possibility that the date was 2025 with the roll out of general AI. lets hope its not Colossus , the Forbin project
Thanks for the comment Gordon. There is so much argument about AGI - Artificial General Intelligence - and what that means. For instance, the median mathematical skills in a human is rudimentary fractions. But my experience working with AI is that they are strong at some things and really bad at others. True human capabilities - out of box thinking, creativity, judgement - are beyond them. My summary is that they are like a very bookish person with immense recall but who doesn’t have the ability to figure which stuff is more important than others, nor to really think. I think we are a long way from Colossus. I think the real destruction of mankind will be through the various AI bots that will emerge in 30 years for sex or friendship or therapy.
Digital decay versus the extinction of homo sapiens. hmmmm
Could both of these scenarios happen simultaneously? We’re already seeing the digital space crumble under misinformation and tech dependence, while humanity, with all its ummmm BS, may very well evolve into something unrecognizable over the next few weeks LOL. Let’s just hope we don’t go extinct before we can appreciate the beauty of progress or at least a few good jokes along the way.
Thank you for the mention here.
Happy Freaking Friday David.
David, have you considered tagging and listing the winners or even tagging the people who participated… 🤔
As much as I dislike doing laundry I can't really imagine a robot being able to fold my clothes or if that's really gonna save me that much time even if they could.
Ah, no wonder my ears were burning when I woke up today. 😃
I'm thoroughly underwhelmed by robots running races. Cars go faster than even a horse, planes can fly, and bulldozers move a lot more earth than a human can. The whole point of machines is that they can do things we can't. But what possible value is there in watching sports played by machines? The whole point of a sport is human excellence. Baseball, for example, involves the very edge of human performance in pitching and batting (and catching and running bases). Robot sports sound as interesting as watching a washing machine.
The failure of the robot "racers" reminds me of the self-driving car races they used to have in the SoCal desert. At least for the first few years, none ever finished, and many were in trouble early on. At least eventually.
I doubt P45&47 can even play checkers, let alone chess. And not only would the single-space King annoy him, so would the power of the Queen. I suspect people are just brown-nosing when they claim he's doing something adult and sophisticated.
[Just to be pedantic, computer chess is entirely 2D. And in cases like this, I do not consider time a dimension. Only orthogonal Euclidean directions need apply. One could, I think, design a 4D chess game. There is a 4D Rubik's Cube. Visualization is a bit of a trick.]
I don't know that we'd ever completely extinguish ourselves given how spread out we. It's not impossible, though, but I suspect it's more likely we'd make things so bad that billions perish and the human race is reduced to much simpler times. The real problem is that "sapiens" means "one who knows" or "wisdom", and we've never really lived up to that name.
back in the last century someone predicted computer intelligence would exceed human intelligence by 2015, based on a simple graft with a linear human line and an exponential line for computers. I dont think we made that time line. but a good possibility that the date was 2025 with the roll out of general AI. lets hope its not Colossus , the Forbin project
Thanks for the comment Gordon. There is so much argument about AGI - Artificial General Intelligence - and what that means. For instance, the median mathematical skills in a human is rudimentary fractions. But my experience working with AI is that they are strong at some things and really bad at others. True human capabilities - out of box thinking, creativity, judgement - are beyond them. My summary is that they are like a very bookish person with immense recall but who doesn’t have the ability to figure which stuff is more important than others, nor to really think. I think we are a long way from Colossus. I think the real destruction of mankind will be through the various AI bots that will emerge in 30 years for sex or friendship or therapy.