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FuturologyBot t1_jcz352j wrote

Reply to 10 months after its launch by SpaceX, a $10,000 satellite made by students with off-the-shelf materials and powered by 48 Energizer AA batteries, is not only working, it's demonstrating a way to reduce space junk by lughnasadh

The following submission statement was provided by /u/lughnasadh:

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We are used to anything space-based requiring massive engineering efforts and equally massive budgets.

This is interesting as it points to a future where cheap manufacturing could predominate. No doubt, there would still be a need for huge and complex engineering efforts, but if some useful space-based resources could be made this easy, wouldn't they quickly increase in number? Particularly as cheap reusable rockets predominate in the launch sector.

Please reply to OP's comment here: https://old.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/11wodb5/10_months_after_its_launch_by_spacex_a_10000/jcyxzmj/

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Suolucidir t1_jcz19jr wrote

Reply to 10 months after its launch by SpaceX, a $10,000 satellite made by students with off-the-shelf materials and powered by 48 Energizer AA batteries, is not only working, it's demonstrating a way to reduce space junk by lughnasadh

It is testing the deployable yellow drag net material pictured at the bottom of the device.

Compared with other small objects released during the same mission, this object is set to re-enter Earth's atmosphere about 5x faster(5 years instead of 25 years) due to that lightweight yellow drag material.

It won't remove any other space junk with it, but it is testing the idea that we can use cheap drag net material to more quickly return space junk to earth.

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Shiningc OP t1_jcyz7lo wrote

Reply to comment by Surur in The difference between AI and AGI by Shiningc

>Just like anything else.

Except for human intelligence, which is clearly not static.

>Exactly. So clearly you can make an AGI without knowing how it works also.

If you want to program it, then no.

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IGC-Omega t1_jcyy64v wrote

Reply to comment by Surur in The difference between AI and AGI by Shiningc

AGI and AI are the same thing it's just that AGI is a type of AI. An AGI would be able to multitask not just being specialized to a single thing.

The AI we have now is ANI Artificial narrow intelligence then above AGI is ASI Artificial Super Intelligence that's when things start getting insane.

An ASI would be a god plain and simple.

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lughnasadh OP t1_jcyxzmj wrote

Reply to 10 months after its launch by SpaceX, a $10,000 satellite made by students with off-the-shelf materials and powered by 48 Energizer AA batteries, is not only working, it's demonstrating a way to reduce space junk by lughnasadh

Submission Statement

We are used to anything space-based requiring massive engineering efforts and equally massive budgets.

This is interesting as it points to a future where cheap manufacturing could predominate. No doubt, there would still be a need for huge and complex engineering efforts, but if some useful space-based resources could be made this easy, wouldn't they quickly increase in number? Particularly as cheap reusable rockets predominate in the launch sector.

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ZoeInBinary t1_jcywm88 wrote

Reply to comment by filosoful in UN climate report: Scientists release 'survival guide' to avert climate disaster by filosoful

Every single mitigation plan assumes governments, corporations, and the voting public will sign on.

I have yet to see evidence that this is possible. There's just too much momentum, too much money, and too many people wilfully, constantly refusing to change their course, for this plan to become reality.

Maybe that makes me a doomer, maybe a realist, I don't know. But I don't believe for even a second that we'll avoid disaster.

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ILikeNeurons t1_jcyulu8 wrote

Reply to UN climate report: Scientists release 'survival guide' to avert climate disaster by filosoful

The thing is, people already care, they just don't know what to do / feel like they are alone. But the truth is, a record number of us are alarmed about climate change, and more and more are contacting Congress regularly. What's more, is this type of lobbying is starting to pay off. That's why NASA climatologist and climate activist Dr. James Hansen recommends becoming an active volunteer with this group as the most important thing an individual can do on climate change.

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rafa-droppa t1_jcyrajl wrote

Reply to Robotaxi Strategy by RolfEjerskov

Well if there's profit to be extracted it's a sure bet deep pockets will extract it so I can only see it going this way:

  1. Private equity and major corporations create robotaxi fleets
  2. They all compete - some go out of business, others merge
  3. It settles into an equilibrium where each city is a duopoly, giving the appearance of competition
  4. In reality though the prices are artificially high because as the price point they stopped competing at includes large profit amounts.
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