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roscid t1_jaqqtl6 wrote

Reply to comment by Solid_Anxiety8176 in Figure: One robot for every human on the planet. by GodOfThunder101

I thought it was a reference to the Bill Gate’s quote from the 80s about “a computer on every desk and in every home.” Basically just a way of saying they want to make them affordable and ubiquitous enough that anyone who wants one can buy one, just like computers and cell phones went from expensive specialty tools to basic commodities. At least, that was my take.

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p3opl3 t1_jaqqfcg wrote

Reply to Figure: One robot for every human on the planet. by GodOfThunder101

ChatGPT goes for white collar. . Now there's a race to hit blue collar workers just as hard.

Enemy number 1 is having to work for money.. essentially how the economy exists today.

It's great.. or rather it will be.. but the change is going to be so painful.. I'd wager we might actually fall into war and build on further and serious inequality gaps before we see the other side of this.

Democracy is probably also at stake here.. at least the essence of which we might still have in the west.. somewhere.. with all the lost socks. Haha

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phillythompson t1_jaqpaew wrote

Reply to Really interesting article on LLM and humanity as a whole by [deleted]

Isn’t the octopus example completely wrong because it was only “trained” on a small sample of text / language?

The point is — what if the octopus had seen/ heard all about situations of stranded island dwellers. All about boats, survival, etc.

With more context, it could interpret the call for help better.

And while this author might claim “it’s just parroting a reply, it doesn’t actually think”— I’ll ask how the hell she knows what human thinking actually is.

People are so confident to claim humans are special, yet we have zero idea how our own minds work.

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GeneralZain t1_jaqp5nq wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Figure: One robot for every human on the planet. by GodOfThunder101

not everything is a complaint, or an argument I just stated my opinion on it...chill man. you are putting words in my mouth.

the reason I'm dubious is because humanoid robots have been in our cultural zeitgeist for years, but have proven over and over to be an incredibly difficult task.

anybody can SAY they are doing it, it takes action. that's what i'm lookin for.

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StarChild413 t1_jaqlgmp wrote

Reply to comment by Llort_Ruetama in Figure: One robot for every human on the planet. by GodOfThunder101

But if you're implying it continues metaphorically infinitely (as for each link you could posit another) into the future it must have into the past as well, so even if whatever they were weren't created at the beginning of the universe if this is meant to imply (even just for story purposes) anything about our past were the first life forms humans or robots?

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vernes1978 t1_jaqiibn wrote

Reply to Figure: One robot for every human on the planet. by GodOfThunder101

Critics: That's not even remotely feasible.
Fans: You can't predict technological progress!
Twitter: Here's what the future will look like: Robot for every human.
Also Fans: Correct.

What I find the funniest comparison is reading about people dying because insulin is made too expensive to afford but we're convinced every human will get a fully functional humanoid robot.

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