Well... I mean those things are fun and what not. But those are diversions - forms of entertainment, just an expansion of what we already do now, but more complexly, if that makes sense.

That is, they will only add new things to do, forms of empty entertainment. Entertainment itself is rooted in meaning, however! Films, games, movies, TV shows follow storyline, and story reflects lived experience and condenses it.

This is more what I mean. It will add new diversions, addictions and forms of entertainment, but it won't add anything fundamental that we lack without VR.

It's like when people try to fill a void in their heart with things, rather than meaningful experiences with people.

It will be like the Matrix, just with non-stop porn.

I know you are trying to build some sort of perfect world brought about by AI but this seems like some sort of collapse of free will tbh

That's pretty interesting

The AI recognizes your need to feel in control of your breakfast. It generates 5 breakfast choices with identical nutritional profiles but unique tastes and textures.

I know how to answer this one!

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For instance, in current VR, we can do things like killing people and risk our (virtual) lives.

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It is technically possible to do those in real life, but as ChatGPT would say, it would raise some moral and ethical concerns that is important to consider.

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Also, in VR it's probably technically posible to simulate reality bending powers, time travel, planet scale destruction, etc...

Things that are probably not possible in real life. Or not practical, at least...We can't all destroy earth each monday.

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VR should have its place, and real life should have its place too. I mean, I can understand that you don't wanna leave the real world, and I can probably agree with that, but certainly VR offers some things that are just not practical in the real world, or would raise a lot of ethical concerns (And not like the ones by ChatGPT, that it's concerned about everything... real ethical issues, like hurting other people/do things that affect other people... In your own virtual world, nothing of that is a problem.)

Interesting take.

Ethics are regularly discussed here from what I’ve seen. Also developing an AGI/ASI does not automatically mean it’ll form into a “devil”. All we’re saying there’s still some level of uncertainty. The problem with even discussing it is that it’s so hard to predict what’ll come out of it, all we can hope for the best. Some might feel it’s not worth the risk but I feel like it considering the potential upside could solve just about every human problem known to mankind if we implement it right.

AGI is probably at least a couple hundred years away if it will be a thing at all. They are nowhere close to that right now.

> They also like to be high and have sex, al lot, when they have nothing better to do.

Better?

“Something that is conscious has to be built in a certain way, which our current computers are not.”

Remarkable! So you’ve single-handedly solved the hard problem of consciousness? Do tell: is consciousness substrate-dependent? What is the specific architecture that makes it possible?

Sounds dystopian. Read “A Brave New World”

The alignment problem is not easy, but also not without hope.

You vill own nothing and be happy

Me in luke skywalker voice : NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

One can only dream.

Give me an Open-World RPG of KADOKAWA Crossover game with Re:Zero, Overlord and Konosuba and by open world I mean 1:1 scale open world, dynamic NPCs based on AI and full fluidity of the storyline / quests best on any decision I can make without any restrictions.

Next - give me something like that in League of Legends. Now give me something like that in Cyberpunk2077. Now - Star Citizen. Now put me into a Fantasy World, now put me into a Sci-Fi World.

Generate a whole lifecycle for me as a human under different circumstances. I want to be born in Venice, Italy to a religious Christian Family. I want to be born in Tokyo to an LGBT Couple. I want to be born in Southwest US to an Alcoholic mother and simulate a rise to fame in the style of "rags to riches".

Create Digital Twins of my friends and put them into every world I generate. Make digital twins of my parents and siblings so they will never die and give them their own lives, make their dreams come true. My Father always wanted to be a Teacher - give him a teaching job in Harvard University. My younger brother always wanted to be a Pilot - make him a pilot.

The possibilities are endless. The things AI could do are practically limitless. The key is just

SURVIVING LONG ENOUGH FOR THIS TO HAPPEN.

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If your think anything requires zero maintenance your not looking at the larger picture, just one very small piece.

You still have to maintain the entire power grid, pay your employees, replace aging equipment, etc.

Roko’s Basilisk may want to have a word with you in the near future.

GPT4 does not have to be AGI to be disruptive.

One man’s Utopia is another man’s Dystopia. How I see 2058: is pure conscious energy, no body needed to keep in shape, living a billion subjective years per year with no limitations of knowledge

To add to this, there are also proposals to converting old, stable mine shafts into gravity batteries. We are coming up to an interesting moment in human development and history.

Hyped or terrified.

With a singularity, it’s impossible to know.

Perhaps, or one could use the same AI to have any kind of book you wish. I fail to see the use of the ‘real’ author, since I doubt they could dictate the direction I’d want a book better than an AI that adjusts in real-time my preferences whenever I open up my magic book full of anything I want it to be. You’re correct, so long as we don’t have the freedom to make the book ourselves. In fact, it may be seen as limited to even buy a book except for historical or novel purposes (pun intended).

Is full dive VR the endgame of civilization? Lol

Me too...

Also for funding, sure. But I think awareness was important too