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Not sure why there is a lot of negativity here. It doesn't seem that ridiculous of a goal. I think by 2100 we will have extremely powerful AI that will make fig

by hmate9 10y ago

Not sure why there is a lot of negativity here. It doesn't seem that ridiculous of a goal. I think by 2100 we will have extremely powerful AI that will make fighting diseases extremely easy compared to methods available today. To be honest, it seems like an achievable goal. I wish Zuckerberg and Chan the best in this.

kafkaesq 10y ago
I think by 2100 we will have extremely powerful AI that will make fighting diseases extremely easy compared to methods available today. Right. Just like the jetpacks and lunar colonies we have easy access to now, as promised in the 1960s.
- mmaunder 10y ago
  As soon as we stop calling categorization algorithms "machine learning". It doesn't help to not know what machine intelligence isn't.
- dwaltrip 10y ago
  Would you trade the development of the internet for jetpacks? I wouldn't.
  - kafkaesq 10y ago
    The point is that most predictions of what the future holds for us (based on spike developments in the past 5-10 years)† usually prove to be quite silly. † And in ML's case, ridiculously successful branding (per the sibling comment of yours).
goatlover 10y ago
What sort of diseases do you suppose extremely powerful AI might be able to manufacture for militaries, terrorists, dissatisfied hackers, etc?
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xyzzy123 10y ago
It's about as realistic as Facebook (or any big company really) being able to fix all the legacy issues in their own codebases. Except way less achievable.
- brianwawok 10y ago
  If you declared feature lock I bet you could get Facebook to have 100x less bugs in 10 years. If we aren't also genetically enhancing yourself, at least it could be a semi fixed target.
adventured 10y ago
> Not sure why there is a lot of negativity here. Because there is a widespread dislike of Zuckerberg on HN and most other similar discussion forums. Happens in every thread about him. He's an uber billionaire that got rich serving ads on a social network that couldn't be any more mainstream at this point. Facebook is viewed mostly as a privacy invading corporate monster now by the crowd that dislikes Zuckerberg. He plans to donate all of his wealth and what you mostly saw on here in discussion was venom and conspiracy theories about how it was nothing but a tax dodge (which only betrayed the vast ignorance on tax laws).
arxpoetica 10y ago
"Difficult to see. Always in motion is the future." – Yoda
MisterBastahrd 10y ago
"All diseases" is not only ridiculous, it's impossible.

by hmate9 10y ago

kafkaesq 10y ago

I think by 2100 we will have extremely powerful AI that will make fighting diseases extremely easy compared to methods available today. Right. Just like the jetpacks and lunar colonies we have easy access to now, as promised in the 1960s.

mmaunder 10y ago
As soon as we stop calling categorization algorithms "machine learning". It doesn't help to not know what machine intelligence isn't.
dwaltrip 10y ago
Would you trade the development of the internet for jetpacks? I wouldn't.
- kafkaesq 10y ago
  The point is that most predictions of what the future holds for us (based on spike developments in the past 5-10 years)† usually prove to be quite silly. † And in ML's case, ridiculously successful branding (per the sibling comment of yours).

goatlover 10y ago

What sort of diseases do you suppose extremely powerful AI might be able to manufacture for militaries, terrorists, dissatisfied hackers, etc?

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xyzzy123 10y ago

It's about as realistic as Facebook (or any big company really) being able to fix all the legacy issues in their own codebases. Except way less achievable.

brianwawok 10y ago
If you declared feature lock I bet you could get Facebook to have 100x less bugs in 10 years. If we aren't also genetically enhancing yourself, at least it could be a semi fixed target.

adventured 10y ago

> Not sure why there is a lot of negativity here. Because there is a widespread dislike of Zuckerberg on HN and most other similar discussion forums. Happens in every thread about him. He's an uber billionaire that got rich serving ads on a social network that couldn't be any more mainstream at this point. Facebook is viewed mostly as a privacy invading corporate monster now by the crowd that dislikes Zuckerberg. He plans to donate all of his wealth and what you mostly saw on here in discussion was venom and conspiracy theories about how it was nothing but a tax dodge (which only betrayed the vast ignorance on tax laws).

arxpoetica 10y ago

"Difficult to see. Always in motion is the future." – Yoda

MisterBastahrd 10y ago

"All diseases" is not only ridiculous, it's impossible.