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> nobody is safe from being replaced by software, algorithms, and machines. That’s a big leap. We yet have to prove we can make machines smarter than human. It

> nobody is safe from being replaced by software, algorithms, and machines. That’s a big leap. We yet have to prove we can make machines smarter than human. It might be possible but it might be not. Like flying - as without huge fans - cars.

zzzzzzzza 8y ago
flying cars is an interesting analogy since it's entirely possible to make one, it's just impractical
- hartator 8y ago
  It's very far from the vision people had in 50-60s. We haven't found yet the gravity fighting mechanism that will allow them. We might find a novel way to fight gravity tomorrow, in another 50 years, or never. Like AI. We might find a way to build truly intelligent computers tomorrow, in 50 years, or never. However in both cases, it's ridiculous to try to come up with rules for a non existing technology. It will be like people in the 50-60s trying to make rules from the Internet.
- msla 8y ago
  It's possible to make airplanes which kinda look like cars and which can perhaps fold their wings away and drive on roads. It isn't possible to make airplanes which the average person can get in and safely fly with no more than a current driver's license. The true division between flying car and roadable airplane is that kind of extremely advanced autopilot we don't currently possess.
wes-k 8y ago
We don’t need machines to be smarter than humans. The rise of more powerful tools enables a single human to do more.
- baroffoos 8y ago
  Which at least in tech doesn't seem to have lost anyone a job. With all the tooling and advancements in modern programming what would have taken years to build 10 years ago could be done in a week now. Broadcasting a message to computers around the world would have once been a very difficult task that took a lot of time and skill. Now its just a chapter in the python beginners book. The world responded by building more complicated applications.

zzzzzzzza 8y ago

flying cars is an interesting analogy since it's entirely possible to make one, it's just impractical

hartator 8y ago
It's very far from the vision people had in 50-60s. We haven't found yet the gravity fighting mechanism that will allow them. We might find a novel way to fight gravity tomorrow, in another 50 years, or never. Like AI. We might find a way to build truly intelligent computers tomorrow, in 50 years, or never. However in both cases, it's ridiculous to try to come up with rules for a non existing technology. It will be like people in the 50-60s trying to make rules from the Internet.
msla 8y ago
It's possible to make airplanes which kinda look like cars and which can perhaps fold their wings away and drive on roads. It isn't possible to make airplanes which the average person can get in and safely fly with no more than a current driver's license. The true division between flying car and roadable airplane is that kind of extremely advanced autopilot we don't currently possess.

wes-k 8y ago

We don’t need machines to be smarter than humans. The rise of more powerful tools enables a single human to do more.

baroffoos 8y ago
Which at least in tech doesn't seem to have lost anyone a job. With all the tooling and advancements in modern programming what would have taken years to build 10 years ago could be done in a week now. Broadcasting a message to computers around the world would have once been a very difficult task that took a lot of time and skill. Now its just a chapter in the python beginners book. The world responded by building more complicated applications.