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Free_Psychology717 t1_j9pjh0d wrote

Quantum computing is as much as a game changer as linear or binary computing was 70 years ago. Lots of people think it's like computing now but just better, or faster. It is exponentially better and faster but vastly different than traditional computing now. In theory an extremely powerful quantum computer could create entire realities much like the one we occupy. There really is no limit w the recent level of understanding we have of the quantum realm and this emergent tech.

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Ebayednoob t1_j9ph0v2 wrote

There's some emerging fields of science exoring how the voltage potentials effect the production of certain stem cells.

Biophotomodulation which uses wavelengths to increase atp production in cells and neurons.

Brainwave entrainment that stimulates certain brainwave patterns.

PEMF (pulsed electromagnetic therapy) that can stimulate activity in specific parts of the brain.

Transcranial AC stimulation that can induce currents along peripheral and cranial nerves to produce signals along specific structures in the brain.

Much more very interesting science coming out and being mastered in the next two decades. So I'm sure eventually we will be able to!

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SnooConfections6085 t1_j9pffiv wrote

People settling in different areas of the US isn't really a big deal. Very little infrastructure is expected to last a super long time.

There is overall plenty of land.

Some people that chose poorly when investing in land are going to lose money. Big whoop.

(Don't get me wrong, I'm a green, but we don't really sell this all that well, moving is pretty easy in the US, and people that own land in flood zones are basically lumped in with smokers when it comes to violin playing for risky behavior by everyone else. Living (purchasing land...) in a climate risk area is a choice).

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ChromeGhost t1_j9pff4s wrote

People will have to move to VR where we will be able to interact with people in real time and can see they’re human(with body tracking and haptics etc)

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FuturologyBot t1_j9pdl02 wrote

The following submission statement was provided by /u/HarpuasGhost:


Submission Statement

From the article

Much of researchers’ and journalists’ concerns about the new AI wave have focused on bots’ potential to generate bad answers and misinformation — and its potential to displace human workers. But David Gunkel, a professor of communication studies at Northern Illinois University, is wrestling with a different question: What rights should robots, including AI chatbots, have?

From the article

“This is a really important question because as soon as you mobilize the word “rights,” people immediately jump to “he must be talking about human rights and giving human rights to robots. This sounds absurd.” And it is, in fact, absurd because we’re not talking about human rights. When we talk about rights, we’re talking about social recognitions that can be either designated in terms of moral philosophy or in terms of law.” - Professor David Gunkel

From the article

"When we talk about robot rights or the rights of AI, we’re talking about social integrations of these technologies for the purposes of protecting our moral and legal institutions. - Professor David Gunkel


Please reply to OP's comment here: https://old.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/11a1qk3/what_are_robot_rights_and_should_ai_chatbots_have/j9p7uuy/

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illapa13 t1_j9pdg6y wrote

Despite the memes. Floridians aren't stupid. Huge sections the state are built to resist hurricanes and a ridiculous amount of canals have been built to redirect stormwater away from homes.

Ever since hurricane Andrews leveled South Florida in 1992 we've changed how we build homes specially to survive up to category 3 storms. We have some of the best building codes in the country.

Also in Florida yes you can definitely get flood insurance assuming your house is not built in a flood zone and in all our insurance policies hurricane damage is specifically in a separate section.

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tactical_laziness t1_j9pbqrl wrote

you're making ridiculous assumptions that Google's version won't be as useful as ChatGPT, and that's not even taking into account the huge amount of companies that already have all of their data in Google's Data Warehouses that will MUCH prefer to use Google's AI rather than pivot to a new vendor.

Dall-e was a game changer at first, and now it's the absolute worst image generator on the market

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OrokaSempai t1_j9pabbz wrote

Shroddingers cat is about viewing a quantum particle changes the outcome, because everything we can measure with is way WAY bigger than the quantum particle. It's literally like investigating an ant with a marble, every time you touch the ant, the marble changes the properties of the ant somehow, speed, position, direction... so you can't get detailed info on the ant.

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