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Gari_305 OP t1_j9tggub wrote

From the Article

>A revolution in artificial intelligence could slash the amount of time people spend on household chores and caring, with robots able to perform about 39% of domestic tasks within a decade, according to experts.
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>Tasks such as shopping for groceries were likely to have the most automation, while caring for the young or old was the least likely to be affected by AI, according to a large survey of 65 artificial intelligence (AI) experts in the UK and Japan, who were asked to predict the impact of robots on household chores.

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andi_bk t1_j9tdl8f wrote

I hope that the systems detecting ai generated content will be able to also in the future. This way we could make sure, that people using these systems for school have to actually read and go through it step by step.

There will definitely be people that use it to find answers and actually ease their learning experience (one source instead of 12 different websites). So AI can and will also positively affect the education system.

Teachers will be able to create more and higher quality teaching materials, finally giving them the help they need in a world of increasing class sizes and demands.

All in all i believe that AI can greatly help in this sector, making learning faster and easier than ever before.

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footjam t1_j9tby5o wrote

I cant imagine what a cheaper car from Tesla would be. The build quality is already such garbage, paint overspray everywhere, misalignments on panels. The interiors feel and look like a 96 civic with a the seats lifted out for a few more hp. Just an absolute garbage car being sold as a novelty because of high demand.

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preston181 t1_j9tbtk1 wrote

No, it’s absolutely true.

CEOs and executives are in contact with local, state, and federal government.

The push is aimed at getting everyone back into the gauntlet of bullshit. That is: paying for cars, gas, maintenance, meals, coffee, clothes, and all of the other crap that businesses scalp you for as part of your work day.

Trouble is, inflation has sucked away all of the extra money we had for those things. We can’t afford it now, and frankly we don’t have the mental health capacity to deal with the extra stress. We’ve also had that inflated over the last few years.

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Explicit_Tech t1_j9taxcj wrote

AI right now is a language model based on algorithmic data and prediction models. It only looks sentient because human behavior is predictable but not 100% predictable. It cannot be driven to say unpredictable things that hormones would otherwise do for you. It's your biases that make you believe it has a consciousness.

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SvenTheHorrible t1_j9tan20 wrote

2 things.

AI will probably never be able to discern what is true or not given that so much of the information out there is lies- humans lie, therefor tools made by humans pretty much have to lie.

Second- education is about a lot more than just having the answer to a question. It probably doesn’t feel that way because modern education has devolved into test test test, but education is supposed to be about getting you to think a certain way. I would use common core as an example- really useful math concept that most people utterly fail to understand because of our education style.

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WittyUnwittingly t1_j9t8y5d wrote

You can answer your own questions, but how do you know what to ask? In the future, school will be focused on improving competency and the ability to self start.

Most of my math students are very surprised when I tell them all of their tests will be open-note. Then, they don't study for the first one and expect to be able to wing it (the way you would do if you had AI Google in your head), but they can't, because the test is designed with the idea that it will be open note since its inception.

This is what AI brain implants will be like. If you were the only one with such a device, you'd be special and you'd be able to take advantage of the current systems. However, everyone will have those implants, and when everyone is special, no one is.

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seamustheseagull t1_j9t88m2 wrote

It's fun that you think companies will hold onto replaceable staff members because they "like" them and see more of them.

At most you might manage to keep your job for an extra year or two, but if you're in that firing line, you should be focussing on upskilling yourself rather than putting in appearances.

A secretary is still a viable career because someone still needs to actually answer the phone and use the computer. Senior management don't want to have to manage their own calendars and answer all their own emails.

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Surur t1_j9t7xlj wrote

It's confirmed, the only question is when (which if course could be years with Tesla):

> During the 2022 Q3 financial report, Elon Musk confirmed that Tesla has begun developing a smaller, cheaper EV that could be an alternative to the Volkswagen ID3 and Cupra Born.

> He said: “We’ve done the engineering for Cybertruck and Semi, so you can guess what we’re working on which is the next generation vehicle which will be about half the cost of the Model 3 and Y.

> “It will be smaller to be fair, but I think it will shortly exceed production of all our other vehicles combined.”

https://www.carwow.co.uk/tesla/news/5220/new-tesla-ev-compact-electric-car-hatchback-price-specs-release-date

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spacemunkey336 t1_j9t7t3x wrote

Teaching and education involve so much more than the dispersal and absorption of information. Until AI learns how to understand the human condition, relate to and motivate students, I doubt the fundamental principles on which education operates will change much. Yeah, AI can and will tell you everything you want to know, but how many people will develop the curiosity to actually ask for that information without human intervention?

My argument is, at a cognitive level, education is rooted in philosophy, imagination, curiosity, and human beings' capacity to be understood and influenced by other human beings. AGI or even ASI can solve a lot (or even all) of our problems, but they will have a very difficult time grasping the human experience -- this is not a problem to solved, after all. Some can say that AI doesn't need to understand our lived experiences to generate meaningful data, and give the example of AI art, but even art has certain objective metrics which it can be evaluated by. In my opinion, human education is more about the connection of minds rather than simple consumption of media/information, and AI is likely to struggle with this concept since there isn't a clear loss function or probability distribution or even very good datasets it can leverage for this task. I say this as an academic working in engineering, and I use AI tools for my research. It will be a while (or forever) until we see human education being completely devoid of human teachers.

Now, AI "educating" (training) other AI from start to finish.. that has a lot of potential and could possibly happen in the short-term future.

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rangeDSP t1_j9t7pzg wrote

I don't think Tesla is going for the low cost low margin route, pretty sure the model 3 is the cheapest they are gonna get. With other manufacturers getting into the game, they'll be facing stiff competition for a race to the bottom.

Also their production capacity can't even keep up with whatever they are selling now, so I think their best next move would be to put focus on the higher end market and maintain their "luxury" brand image.

Edit: Nevermind just saw OP's link

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