Recent comments in /f/Futurology

TransitoryPhilosophy t1_ja3on3i wrote

I’m not sure I agree with your base premise; if we go back 50 years I don’t think there’s a greater diversity of thought or opinion, because the social circles we move in (in say the 70s) are very local, and our opportunities for discovering new ideas are extremely narrowband and require much more work (limited access to information in the form of newspapers, magazines, tv, or thru travel to different areas). As far as vintage and craftsmanship goes, a “vintage” item in the 70s is more likely to be individually crafted vs mass manufactured, but is still accorded value based on nostalgia or novelty. Mass manufactured items still become vintage because the number of them dwindles as style or technology trends dictate that they should be thrown away or replaced with something new. In many cases those mass manufactured items are still imbued with craftsmanship and design novelty.

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Iffykindofguy t1_ja3ohe8 wrote

Reply to comment by just-a-dreamer- in So what should we do? by googoobah

This is just buying into a system that will never accept you. This is sort of boot licking complacency is why the ultra rich get away with what they do. You will NEVER command a big share of the "economic pie floating around"

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khamelean t1_ja3oakp wrote

By definition, the singularity is a point that you can’t see beyond. Trying to guess what the job market will look like past the singularity is an exercise in futility.

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Outside_Function_726 t1_ja3o2eg wrote

This is exactly how skynet comes online....do you support the mass extintion of man kind bc that's what u get every time.......skynet....the machines get smart enough to realize they don't need us

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orincoro t1_ja3nlwp wrote

Your brain will never not benefit from learning languages. There’s also utterly no way to understand the success or failure of a given translation matrix without people who understand both.

Finally, you will never achieve high level communication with people who don’t understand any of the same languages as you, so this seems like a silly line of inquiry.

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googoobah OP t1_ja3ma9g wrote

Reply to comment by just-a-dreamer- in So what should we do? by googoobah

This seems like good advice, especially the first 2 lines.

One question, though. Why tech? Won't most tech related jobs not directly related to advancing AI start to lose value in the future?

Even if these jobs are secure purely through your connections, I imagine they'll become obsolete eventually.

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googoobah OP t1_ja3le7i wrote

Reply to comment by WoreOnFreedumb in So what should we do? by googoobah

Trades do seem very stable. But is it wise to stay a working class citizen as the wealth gap widens like never before thanks to tech advancements?

Though I guess most people don't have a choice.

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DiamondsJims t1_ja3l3ed wrote

It sounds like a good idea in general. But, I could see VR causing a lot of bad decisions. I can practically hear some CEO saying "I thought it would be fine" or "the model didn't look like that".

You can easily lose details like acoustic properties, sense of scale, etc.

AR might be better. Harder to do, but worth it.

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