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The plateau you speak of is just inevitable human evolution. There will come a point where we will start to edit our genome and see what's capable of. Before we
by deafpolygon 1y ago
The plateau you speak of is just inevitable human evolution. There will come a point where we will start to edit our genome and see what's capable of. Before we get there, though -
In time, AI and VR/AR will converge to allow us to evolve new ways to educate/entertain new generations, to distill knowledge in a faster and much more reliable way. We will experience societal upheavals before the "plateau". Our current world order will probably experience major changes.
AGI will probably be a long, long way ahead of us -- in its current state, LLMs are not going to spontaneously develop sentience. There is a massive scale (power, resources, space, etc) issue to contend with.
- nradov 1y agoI doubt that editing our genome will ever accomplish much. Maybe some minor improvements here and there, primarily with reducing the incidence of certain diseases. But there's no free lunch in biology and every advantage comes with disadvantages. For example, some people want to be taller but they don't realize that increases the risk of back problems later in life. Most people don't even get close to their genetic limits anyway. We're capable of much more than we realize but we fall into mental traps and fool ourselves into thinking we're incapable. Some guy just set a world record by holding his breath for 29 minutes: a few years ago most people would have said that's impossible. https://www.uow.edu.au/media/2025/the-science-behind-a-freedivers-29-minute-breath-hold-world-record.php https://www.uow.edu.au/media/2025/the-science-behind-a-freed...