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I agree with you completely about things like a housecat and how far we are from something that advanced. The movie Blade Runner made me cherish and appreciate

I agree with you completely about things like a housecat and how far we are from something that advanced. The movie Blade Runner made me cherish and appreciate just how incredible animals are when I learned real animals were like the ultimate status symbol in that damaged world. I looked at my own animals differently from that point on and began to see just how complex and amazing these self-replicating, totally autonomous organic beings are and how very far away from creating that we are.

eitland 9y ago
An example that stuck with me was on a windy day when I saw a seagull approach a telephone pole, coming in with the wind, turning 180 degrees and landing neatly facing the wind. The brain of those creatures are tiny. No scientists are handholding them as they grow up. Yet they manage to search vast areas for food, learn new ideas like stealing from shops and tourists and even as you mention - self replicate. Yes, while AI is improving we are orders of magnitude away from replicating animals.
- tinymollusk 9y ago
  I can't wait to see what AI can do with the collective time and resources it took for that seagull to evolve.
  - eitland 9y ago
    That's a good point. My point is it seems we are still quite a few steps behind.
    - fjsolwmv 9y ago
      We can land a rocket on the noon without steering it after launch. Can a seagull do that?
      - roywiggins 9y ago
        Something like it has been tried... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pigeon https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pigeon
      - tinymollusk 9y ago
        Is that true, and is that objectively more impressive? To the former, I always assumed there were in flight adjustments after launch. Elon's roadster had inaccurate calculations, I heard they were off by like 2%. I assumed the moon landing was similar.
      - eitland 9y ago
        How many thousand people were involved? How many tons of steel? And it isn't even selv-replicating. As impressive as the moon landing is it is a totally different thing (and has very little to do with AI.)

eitland 9y ago

An example that stuck with me was on a windy day when I saw a seagull approach a telephone pole, coming in with the wind, turning 180 degrees and landing neatly facing the wind. The brain of those creatures are tiny. No scientists are handholding them as they grow up. Yet they manage to search vast areas for food, learn new ideas like stealing from shops and tourists and even as you mention - self replicate. Yes, while AI is improving we are orders of magnitude away from replicating animals.

tinymollusk 9y ago
I can't wait to see what AI can do with the collective time and resources it took for that seagull to evolve.
- eitland 9y ago
  That's a good point. My point is it seems we are still quite a few steps behind.
  - fjsolwmv 9y ago
    We can land a rocket on the noon without steering it after launch. Can a seagull do that?
    - roywiggins 9y ago
      Something like it has been tried... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pigeon https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pigeon
    - tinymollusk 9y ago
      Is that true, and is that objectively more impressive? To the former, I always assumed there were in flight adjustments after launch. Elon's roadster had inaccurate calculations, I heard they were off by like 2%. I assumed the moon landing was similar.
    - eitland 9y ago
      How many thousand people were involved? How many tons of steel? And it isn't even selv-replicating. As impressive as the moon landing is it is a totally different thing (and has very little to do with AI.)