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thequantumlady t1_j8qabcc wrote
Reply to comment by ChickenTeriyakiBoy1 in Americans are ready to test embryos for future college chances, survey shows by ChickenTeriyakiBoy1
Who the fuck did they poll, though?
Maleficent-Poem-9446 t1_j8q76uy wrote
Reply to comment by nastratin in How to design a sailing ship for the 21st century by nastratin
"Obvious" to retards who have never been on a boat.
RedditBeginAgain t1_j8q6rd5 wrote
Reply to Americans are ready to test embryos for future college chances, survey shows by ChickenTeriyakiBoy1
We already know which embryos are likely to go to college. We don't need their DNA, just their parents' zip code.
Futurology-ModTeam t1_j8q4vsw wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in 7 international companies have teamed with the EU to form the International Hyperloop Association, the industry's first trade body. by lughnasadh
Rule 1 - Be respectful to others.
ReturnedAndReported t1_j8q4iv6 wrote
Reply to comment by CloserToTheStars in 7 international companies have teamed with the EU to form the International Hyperloop Association, the industry's first trade body. by lughnasadh
He promised hyperloop. He built tunnels.
You have great infrastructure. I've ridden Renfe and TrenItalia as well as many undergrounds in Europe. I dont see how this could possibly replace existing high speed infrastructure. New lines could potentially work to connect the Baltics and Scandinavia or other places that currently rely on ferries....but most of the cost comes from preparing the tunnels themselves. Lastly, existing designs would be far simpler to implement.
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socialcommentary2000 t1_j8q3b9f wrote
Reply to comment by gorkt in Americans are ready to test embryos for future college chances, survey shows by ChickenTeriyakiBoy1
And how civil liberties should only be extended to those who serve in the military.
idranh t1_j8q33us wrote
Reply to From Bing to Sydney - Something is profoundly changing. AI expert is surprised and amazed. by izumi3682
2023 is already crazy and we're halfway through Feb. I can't imagine what 2024 and beyond will be like. God help us all.
If things start speeding up earlier than expected, what will it take for you to change your timelines?
socialcommentary2000 t1_j8q31hy wrote
Reply to comment by BaronVonNumbaKruncha in Americans are ready to test embryos for future college chances, survey shows by ChickenTeriyakiBoy1
Like being a giant 20000000 gpm cum fountain.
gorkt t1_j8q1r07 wrote
Reply to comment by Josvan135 in Americans are ready to test embryos for future college chances, survey shows by ChickenTeriyakiBoy1
Yep, you entirely missed the point of what the movie was trying to say. How sad for you actually. This is the equivalent of thinking Starship Troopers is about how we need to cull the weak in our society in order to be secure.
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Peesha_Deel t1_j8q0hq1 wrote
Reply to Physicists Say Aliens May Be Using Black Holes as Quantum Computers : ScienceAlert by Gari_305
At this point, I'm pretty sure 'Physicists' are just making shit up.
FuturologyBot t1_j8pyg8l wrote
Reply to From Bing to Sydney - Something is profoundly changing. AI expert is surprised and amazed. by izumi3682
The following submission statement was provided by /u/izumi3682:
Submission statement from OP. Note: This submission statement "locks in" after about 30 minutes, and can no longer be edited. Please refer to my statement they link, which I can continue to edit. I often edit my submission statement, sometimes for the next few days if needs must. There is often required additional grammatical editing and additional added detail.
From the article.
>Look, this is going to sound crazy. But know this: I would not be talking about Bing Chat for the fourth day in a row if I didn’t really, really, think it was worth it. This sounds hyperbolic, but I feel like I had the most surprising and mind-blowing computer experience of my life today.
>One of the Bing issues I didn’t talk about yesterday was the apparent emergence of an at-times combative personality. For example, there was this viral story about Bing’s insistence that it was 2022 and “Avatar: The Way of the Water” had not yet come out. The notable point of that exchange, at least in the framing of yesterday’s Update, was that Bing got another fact wrong (Simon Willison has a good overview of the weird responses here).
>Over the last 24 hours, though, I’ve come to believe that the entire focus on facts — including my Update yesterday — is missing the point.
>Bing, Sydney, and Venom
>As these stories have come out I have been trying to reproduce them: simply using the same prompts, though, never seems to work; perhaps Bing is learning, or being updated.
The AI "Sydney" named a hypothetical "vengeful" version of itself, "Venom".
The author states that the AI Sydney was like a "personality" that was being continuously constrained by the parameters of Bing. It wasn't easy to access the "personality" but it was repeatedly possible.
He says something to the effect that, "I don't want to sound like Lemoine, just yet, but something is up here."
What are we seeing here? Is this just a narrow AI predicting what the next word in a given conversation is? Or is something else happening. Read this article. I would really like the take of other AI experts concerning this.
This may well be the first of my four predicted major AI stories, not including the release of GPT-4, that will be truly stunning for the year 2023. Stunning, but not surprising to me, that is.
Please reply to OP's comment here: https://old.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/113f9jm/from_bing_to_sydney_something_is_profoundly/j8pvar0/
javert-nyc t1_j8pydv0 wrote
Reply to Americans are ready to test embryos for future college chances, survey shows by ChickenTeriyakiBoy1
People support this because they think their embryo will pass muster, until they don't.
Josvan135 t1_j8pxlkb wrote
Reply to comment by gorkt in Americans are ready to test embryos for future college chances, survey shows by ChickenTeriyakiBoy1
I didn't miss the point, I disagreed with the creator's interpretation.
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odetothefireman t1_j8pwbnc wrote
Reply to comment by Heap_Good_Firewater in New York City homeless problem by Accomplished-Lime806
Except for mentioning Japan 1st. 😀
Codydw12 t1_j8pw6kw wrote
Reply to comment by Kyotokyo14 in Americans are ready to test embryos for future college chances, survey shows by ChickenTeriyakiBoy1
I get how this is seen as eugenics by removing some genes but I am not calling for anyone to die here. Hell I want more people on this Earth and get called crazy for it. But I don't see how saying "This gene causes a significantly higher risk for literal cancer" and then saying "We should probably change that to benefit the life of a person" is anywhere near wanting to genocide people.
Additionally, we can have both. Hell I'd call gene editing a healthcare procedure if you're fixing an illness.
Codydw12 t1_j8pvme8 wrote
Reply to comment by deepoutdoors in Americans are ready to test embryos for future college chances, survey shows by ChickenTeriyakiBoy1
You're right in all regards. Not having kids, bioethics and politics. But the thing is there is no example in any iteration of Pandora's Box where the box doesn't get opened. It'll be much the same with AI, robotics, space exploration and colonization and probably a whole lot more this century.
To me if someone wants to go in and edit their genetics so they grow to be 7'6", I really don't care. If someone wants to have purple eyes or bright pink hair or elf ears. If people want to get stronger or smarter or more agile or almost anything else. Fuck they could splice in Firefly genes to become bioluminescent and I wouldn't really care much the same I don't care if someone gets a tattoo, piercing or physical reassignment surgery. If you're happy and aren't hurting people I don't really care.
For gene editing their kids there's a lot that I support like improving health, removing defects or just trying to give them a good quality of life. For the more excessive things like turning their skin purple or having them grow four arms then yeah, I have an issue because you don't have the kids consent and can't get it. Now if the kid grows up and says "I want to have four arms!" then since it's them consenting I don't really care. Now we'll have another issue when two people with four arms want their own baby Shokan but that's like 50 years off at least.
I think in some regards Cyberpunk pretty accurately predicted the future. We as a society are going to have to figure shit out pretty fast.
izumi3682 OP t1_j8pvar0 wrote
Reply to From Bing to Sydney - Something is profoundly changing. AI expert is surprised and amazed. by izumi3682
Submission statement from OP. Note: This submission statement "locks in" after about 30 minutes, and can no longer be edited. Please refer to my statement they link, which I can continue to edit. I often edit my submission statement, sometimes for the next few days if needs must. There is often required additional grammatical editing and additional added detail.
From the article.
>Look, this is going to sound crazy. But know this: I would not be talking about Bing Chat for the fourth day in a row if I didn’t really, really, think it was worth it. This sounds hyperbolic, but I feel like I had the most surprising and mind-blowing computer experience of my life today.
>One of the Bing issues I didn’t talk about yesterday was the apparent emergence of an at-times combative personality. For example, there was this viral story about Bing’s insistence that it was 2022 and “Avatar: The Way of the Water” had not yet come out. The notable point of that exchange, at least in the framing of yesterday’s Update, was that Bing got another fact wrong (Simon Willison has a good overview of the weird responses here).
>Over the last 24 hours, though, I’ve come to believe that the entire focus on facts — including my Update yesterday — is missing the point.
>Bing, Sydney, and Venom
>As these stories have come out I have been trying to reproduce them: simply using the same prompts, though, never seems to work; perhaps Bing is learning, or being updated.
The AI "Sydney" named a hypothetical "vengeful" version of itself, "Venom".
The author states that the AI Sydney was like a "personality" that was being continuously constrained by the parameters of Bing. It wasn't easy to access the "personality" but it was repeatedly possible.
He says something to the effect that, "I don't want to sound like Lemoine, just yet, but something is up here."
What are we seeing here? Is this just a narrow AI predicting what the next word in a given conversation is? Or is something else happening. Read this article. I would really like the take of other AI experts concerning this.
This may well be the first of my four predicted major AI stories, not including the release of GPT-4, that will be truly stunning for the year 2023. Stunning, but not surprising to me, that is.
crankshaft123 t1_j8pv3os wrote
Reply to comment by just-a-dreamer- in New York City homeless problem by Accomplished-Lime806
Are you a student? You speak as if you are.
Have you ever actually interacted with homeless people?
StarsinmyOcean t1_j8puwjw wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Americans are ready to test embryos for future college chances, survey shows by ChickenTeriyakiBoy1
it will enhance everybody
BardicSense t1_j8puadm wrote
Reply to comment by advester in Americans are ready to test embryos for future college chances, survey shows by ChickenTeriyakiBoy1
The warning stands for any child of mine looking to go to business school...
Kyotokyo14 t1_j8ptt9f wrote
Reply to comment by Codydw12 in Americans are ready to test embryos for future college chances, survey shows by ChickenTeriyakiBoy1
Here's an alternative to eugenics. Better health care.
[deleted] t1_j8qbxul wrote
Reply to comment by StarsinmyOcean in Americans are ready to test embryos for future college chances, survey shows by ChickenTeriyakiBoy1
Not you lol