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We should just delegate LLMs to note taking and move on with something actually useful that we can devote human hours to. Like space exploration.

neverokay 2y ago
That may be the end product from all of this which is quite scary because trillions of dollars moving into this.
_heimdall 2y ago
Serious question - why is space exploration worth devoting the massive amount of man hours and natural resources to? What's the real gain that is worth using those resources for space exploration, or not using the resources at all?
- belter 2y ago
  It's just a phase....Any sufficiently advanced civilization, after a while, will give up on space exploration. Maybe send a few probes here and there, to collect some extra rocks missing from their collection. There is only so many Neutron Stars, Black Holes, Nebulas, Planets and Comets to study and after you have studying a few million, they all look the same. Once you've seen one supermassive black hole bend light and time, you've seen them all. You will grow out of it....
- nox101 2y ago
  Inspiration. People work hard on things that inspire them. That inspiration leads to advances. > why is game dev worth devoting the massive amount of man hours and natural resources to? GPUs were arguably made for games and now they'd enabled all kinds of non-game things. I don't remember all the things that space exploration has brought but a quick search brings up this from JPL https://d2pn8kiwq2w21t.cloudfront.net/original_images/infographicsuploadsinfographicsfull11358.jpg https://d2pn8kiwq2w21t.cloudfront.net/original_images/infogr...
- chrismcb 2y ago
  What is the real gain? Resources. There are a ton of resources up there. Knowledge. A lot of things we have today we have because of our previous space race. But the real reason... It is virtually free. The budget is almost 0 compared to everything else the government does.
  - _heimdall 2y ago
    For the near zero budget part, do you just mean sending up a few more probes? Surely finding, collecting, and using natural resources in space would be an extremely expensive affair.

neverokay 2y ago

That may be the end product from all of this which is quite scary because trillions of dollars moving into this.

_heimdall 2y ago

Serious question - why is space exploration worth devoting the massive amount of man hours and natural resources to? What's the real gain that is worth using those resources for space exploration, or not using the resources at all?

belter 2y ago
It's just a phase....Any sufficiently advanced civilization, after a while, will give up on space exploration. Maybe send a few probes here and there, to collect some extra rocks missing from their collection. There is only so many Neutron Stars, Black Holes, Nebulas, Planets and Comets to study and after you have studying a few million, they all look the same. Once you've seen one supermassive black hole bend light and time, you've seen them all. You will grow out of it....
nox101 2y ago
Inspiration. People work hard on things that inspire them. That inspiration leads to advances. > why is game dev worth devoting the massive amount of man hours and natural resources to? GPUs were arguably made for games and now they'd enabled all kinds of non-game things. I don't remember all the things that space exploration has brought but a quick search brings up this from JPL https://d2pn8kiwq2w21t.cloudfront.net/original_images/infographicsuploadsinfographicsfull11358.jpg https://d2pn8kiwq2w21t.cloudfront.net/original_images/infogr...
chrismcb 2y ago
What is the real gain? Resources. There are a ton of resources up there. Knowledge. A lot of things we have today we have because of our previous space race. But the real reason... It is virtually free. The budget is almost 0 compared to everything else the government does.
- _heimdall 2y ago
  For the near zero budget part, do you just mean sending up a few more probes? Surely finding, collecting, and using natural resources in space would be an extremely expensive affair.