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Jasrek t1_jabktx6 wrote
Reply to comment by paprikapeter in Robots could do 39% of domestic chores within 10 years, experts say by euronews-english
I dunno, the Roboroc probably cleans better than kids.
Jasrek t1_jabkp0q wrote
Reply to comment by Nicksterr2000 in Robots could do 39% of domestic chores within 10 years, experts say by euronews-english
I program mine to run while I'm at work. Sometimes I'll come back and it'll be stranded somewhere, but 90% of the time it's back recharging in it's cradle.
whatdawhatnowhuh t1_jabkfs5 wrote
Reply to comment by Houston_Here in Sunlight reflection (solar geoengineering) must be studied: scientists by BernieEcclestoned
Wasn't there a Simpsons episode about this?
mhornberger t1_jabjvkx wrote
Reply to comment by sqwuakler in Either we're past the great filter, or ASI IS the great filter by Shoddy-Motor
I said nothing bad about women, at all. There's nothing in that list demographers trace birthrate declines to that I oppose, other than the coercive measures, like China's one-child policy. Other that that, I celebrate all of those things, even if it leads to exponential population decline.
And it pertains directly to the Fermi Paradox if a declining birthrate can lead to exponential population decline and the collapse of technological civilization. There is no indication that sub-replacement birthrates bounce back automatically, much less to replacement levels. S. Korea, Singapore, Thailand, China, Vietnam, and others are still dropping. They won't drop to zero, but a birthrate of 1 child per woman makes every generation half the size of the one before it. Even the US's 1.6 means that ten women on average will birth eight girls, or 100 women 80. Those 80 women will birth 64, at the same fertility rate. Exponential change is exponential.
There's no way that wouldn't be related to the Fermi paradox. I'm not saying we know for sure this is the answer. There's also the possibility that FTL travel isn't actually possible. Or that technological civilizations are really rare. I'm just saying it's something that no one seems to have seen coming. Of course, before that everyone thought exponential growth would be the great filter, or that Peak Oil or some other Malthusian thing would take us out. But not all exponential change takes the form of growth. But exponential change is still exponential.
Valklingenberger t1_jabjo2a wrote
Reply to comment by EvilBit3514 in This “Climate-Friendly” Fuel Comes With an Astronomical Cancer Risk: Almost half of products cleared so far under the new federal biofuels program are not in fact biofuels — and the EPA acknowledges that the plastic-based ones may present an “unreasonable risk” to human health or the environment. by nastratin
Capitalism might be late stage and on its way to the grave, but I think its a mass grave and the floor is made of dead bees and poor people.
FancyDiePancy t1_jabjbcz wrote
Reply to comment by whadisabout in I Worked on Google's AI. My Fears Are Coming True by Interesting_Mouse730
Yes. Got fired by talking bullshit and not doing his job in the company and then famous because they fired him. Now he is just double downing.
Deep-Thought t1_jabiz8i wrote
My take is that any software that is older than a decade or not actively maintained or sold for profit should be required to be open sourced.
just-a-dreamer- t1_jabip5a wrote
Reply to Stop with the nonsense AI hate. You're all starting to sound like old farts. by Life_Is_Actually_VR
The homeless people might disagree concerning work. Statisticly it is more likely you are closer to he guy on the street than the guy in the mansion.
TheSensibleTurk t1_jabiah6 wrote
Reply to Stop with the nonsense AI hate. You're all starting to sound like old farts. by Life_Is_Actually_VR
I was hating it first.
But someone told me we're likely a decade away from sex robots capable of self-locomotion and deep learning.
As long as I get to have my AI harem, I'm okay with the other drastic changes to come.
Throwmedownthewell0 t1_jabhvdw wrote
Throwmedownthewell0 t1_jabhr5t wrote
Reply to comment by filosoful in Physically Demanding Work Tied to Male Fertility: Study suggests occupational factors associated with higher sperm concentrations and serum testosterone levels. by filosoful
The study also showed that a significant proportion of male researchers had lower sperm counts. It concluded there was no correlation and that male researchers are virile actually.
Wise-Listen-8076 t1_jabh3pa wrote
Reply to How soon can we grow another set of teeth? by leoyoung1
This is hilarious I asked something really similar yesterday, check out my post!
strvgglecity t1_jabh06e wrote
Reply to comment by Plexiglasssmartphone in Does gene editing hold the key to improving mental health? | Research suggests traumatic childhood experiences embed themselves in our brains and put us at risk of mental illness, but epigenetic editing may offer us hope of removing them. by lughnasadh
That's great. It does not mean your experience is universal or that people should be shamed for being traumatized and not being able to "overcome" it.
strvgglecity t1_jabgu5k wrote
Reply to comment by Plexiglasssmartphone in Does gene editing hold the key to improving mental health? | Research suggests traumatic childhood experiences embed themselves in our brains and put us at risk of mental illness, but epigenetic editing may offer us hope of removing them. by lughnasadh
This post refers exclusively to trauma, which cannot always be solved. Try telling your nonsense to PTSD sufferers, that if they just wanted it bad enough, they'd be cured.
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undefined7196 t1_jabfhev wrote
Reply to comment by Iffykindofguy in Either we're past the great filter, or ASI IS the great filter by Shoddy-Motor
We are capable of space travel and have not grown past our basic instincts. Again, you are welcome to provide evidence or even a general idea of a process that would lead to a different outcome. Currently, you are just “nut uh”ing me without providing even so much as a pulled out of your ass hypothetical of another way it could happen. Possibility must be demonstrated. If there is another possible path, demonstrate it.
eyewhycue2 t1_jabf5iq wrote
Reply to The world should be governed by people with intellectual thought and people should listen by New-Shop-7539
Empathy and collaboration should be at the top of the list with the goal of a circular economy.
AbyssalRedemption t1_jabelmx wrote
Reply to comment by Solid-Brother-1439 in The Desert of the Virtual. The metaverse heralds an age in which hardly anyone still believes that tech firms can actually solve our problems by Maxwellsdemon17
Really? Show me the government sponsored social media platform lmao.
AbyssalRedemption t1_jabeg6q wrote
Reply to comment by omega1212 in The Desert of the Virtual. The metaverse heralds an age in which hardly anyone still believes that tech firms can actually solve our problems by Maxwellsdemon17
I mean, this is definitely kind of the problem of our times. Billionaires and corporations have taken into charging forward into the “technological determinism” paradigm, where technological “progress” takes precedence and society should adapt to it, as opposed to innovating tech and progress BASED on society’s evolving demands, ala a sort of “technological voluntarism”. They’ve pushed this so much over the past few decades that I think most of society just accepts that it’s the status quo. Meanwhile, it’s this rampant, uncontrolled, unmonitored growth that’s leading to the planet’s rampant exploitation/ destruction, and humanity failing to keep up with the rate of technology. It’s not a sustainable model anymore.
sqwuakler t1_jabe728 wrote
Reply to comment by mhornberger in Either we're past the great filter, or ASI IS the great filter by Shoddy-Motor
This is highly misogynistic garbage and has no connection to the Fermi paradox whatsoever.
Few_Journalist_6961 t1_jabdn1n wrote
Reply to Physically Demanding Work Tied to Male Fertility: Study suggests occupational factors associated with higher sperm concentrations and serum testosterone levels. by filosoful
It's been known for decades that being active increases sperm count.
metalliska t1_jabd3r2 wrote
Reply to comment by crailface in Physically Demanding Work Tied to Male Fertility: Study suggests occupational factors associated with higher sperm concentrations and serum testosterone levels. by filosoful
I hear rosie palm has a identical twin
metalliska t1_jabcze8 wrote
Reply to Physically Demanding Work Tied to Male Fertility: Study suggests occupational factors associated with higher sperm concentrations and serum testosterone levels. by filosoful
You gotta Hand it to these Job experts; they sure know a buildup and a surge after a Load gets relieved.
strvgglecity t1_jabcwu5 wrote
Reply to comment by the-ugly-dopeling in Stop with the nonsense AI hate. You're all starting to sound like old farts. by Life_Is_Actually_VR
God creates dinosaurs, God destroys dinosaurs. God creates Man, man destroys God. Man creates dinosaurs.
Dinosaurs eat man. Woman inherits the earth
TheFriendlyFinn t1_jabmfvn wrote
Reply to Robots could do 39% of domestic chores within 10 years, experts say by euronews-english
I just want a bot that folds laundry. Then I am happy.