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I guess AI is going to be the next religion, where followers expect benevolent gifts from a powerful and myserious being. The odds that a kind AI emerges to wip

by rurp 4y ago

I guess AI is going to be the next religion, where followers expect benevolent gifts from a powerful and myserious being. The odds that a kind AI emerges to wipe away all of our troubles is about as likely as any other diety descending from the heavens to remake the world.

ChatGTP 4y ago
I wonder if at some stage the fact we have no control over the systems will actually be why we stop investing in them ? That is to say, at a certain scale, the emergent properties of these systems just get too wild to understand. Kind of like, a runaway nuclear reaction generates a lot of power but it’s not really useful for anyone or anything.
- erosenbe0 4y ago
  I don't think so. Surely we will go as far as AI that self directs the 3d printing of tools and the control of drone fleets and insect or rodent size bots. This will be necessary for AI to help with things like construction, farming, and mining. Imagine rodent bots and some drones roofing a house while an operator monitors them in a remote command center. Better yet, if they can do mining in conditions too hazardous for humans. The financial incentive is immense. Nobody is going to stop any time soon.
  - ChatGTP 4y ago
    Maybe you're right, I guess no one really knows but I can completely imagine the future you're describing and I hate it. On the other hand, I think we're a little stuck in this "robots" and "AI" is the only future idea, because it seems absolutely inevitable today, that should evolve too though. If technology progresses as fast as proclaimed, and we can actually stay in control of these systems then we might not even think about or need robots in 20 years. Maybe we've essentially solved energy and we can basically just quit mining and produce much of what we need synthetically?
    - erosenbe0 4y ago
      Definitely will evolve, because we don't even know how to do self-driving cars, for example. Maybe we still won't in 20 years. Driving with heavy snow on the ground, in the dark, with pedestrians, is a hard problem
hammyhavoc 4y ago
People said the same shit about crypto. People said the same shit about the internet. People said the same shit about computers. People said the same shit about TV.
- RalfWausE 4y ago
  And guess what: Those people had and have valid points...

by rurp 4y ago

ChatGTP 4y ago

I wonder if at some stage the fact we have no control over the systems will actually be why we stop investing in them ? That is to say, at a certain scale, the emergent properties of these systems just get too wild to understand. Kind of like, a runaway nuclear reaction generates a lot of power but it’s not really useful for anyone or anything.

erosenbe0 4y ago
I don't think so. Surely we will go as far as AI that self directs the 3d printing of tools and the control of drone fleets and insect or rodent size bots. This will be necessary for AI to help with things like construction, farming, and mining. Imagine rodent bots and some drones roofing a house while an operator monitors them in a remote command center. Better yet, if they can do mining in conditions too hazardous for humans. The financial incentive is immense. Nobody is going to stop any time soon.
- ChatGTP 4y ago
  Maybe you're right, I guess no one really knows but I can completely imagine the future you're describing and I hate it. On the other hand, I think we're a little stuck in this "robots" and "AI" is the only future idea, because it seems absolutely inevitable today, that should evolve too though. If technology progresses as fast as proclaimed, and we can actually stay in control of these systems then we might not even think about or need robots in 20 years. Maybe we've essentially solved energy and we can basically just quit mining and produce much of what we need synthetically?
  - erosenbe0 4y ago
    Definitely will evolve, because we don't even know how to do self-driving cars, for example. Maybe we still won't in 20 years. Driving with heavy snow on the ground, in the dark, with pedestrians, is a hard problem

hammyhavoc 4y ago

People said the same shit about crypto. People said the same shit about the internet. People said the same shit about computers. People said the same shit about TV.

RalfWausE 4y ago
And guess what: Those people had and have valid points...