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paint-roller t1_jd0pvcu wrote
Reply to comment by Own-Deal5242 in I asked GPT-4 to compile a timeline on when which human tasks (not jobs) have been/will be replaced by AI or robots, plus one sentence reasoning each - it runs from 1959 to 2033. In a second post it lists which tasks it assumes will NOT be replaced by 2050, and why. (Remember it's cut-off 2021.) by marcandreewolf
I shoot and edit for a living.
It predicting film editing by 2029 seems way far off.
I would be surprised if it takes ai longer than 3 years to be doing at least the first cut of a video.
_shapeshifting t1_jd0pe06 wrote
Reply to comment by threebillion6 in 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
but what if the one thing you send up there is responsible for eliminating 100x it's mass in disparate debris?
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Reply to I asked GPT-4 to compile a timeline on when which human tasks (not jobs) have been/will be replaced by AI or robots, plus one sentence reasoning each - it runs from 1959 to 2033. In a second post it lists which tasks it assumes will NOT be replaced by 2050, and why. (Remember it's cut-off 2021.) by marcandreewolf
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MR___SLAVE t1_jd0orqz wrote
Reply to comment by ComfortableIntern218 in IVO Ltd. to Launch Quantum Drive Pure Electric Satellite Thruster into Orbit on SpaceX Transporter 8 with partner Rogue Space Systems by ComfortableIntern218
I have seen at least three of these types of drives.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EmDrive
dnhs47 t1_jd0ner5 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
A (small) cubesat that carries several small (packed) sails like this that can be attached to existing space debris would be very useful.
Some investment in cleaning up space is warranted. I grew up in the 1960s, watching the US response to Sputnik, then going to the moon. All kinds of junk was left in space from the first several decades with no consideration of deorbiting. Just as we used to think we could dump an infinite amount of junk in the sea and atmosphere and it would never matter. Oops.
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Reply to UN climate report: Scientists release 'survival guide' to avert climate disaster by filosoful
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Reply to comment by ArtMySouls in UN climate report: Scientists release 'survival guide' to avert climate disaster by filosoful
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Sockbottom69 t1_jd0mhqm wrote
Reply to comment by Zeustitandog in 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's great that he took his shitty dad's money and did great things with it, props to Elon 👍
Kiizmod0 t1_jd0m88y wrote
Reply to comment by saltyvet57 in What jobs cannot be done by machines? by Spirited-Meringue829
And sex job.
tx69er t1_jd0l4qz wrote
Reply to comment by Due_Start_3597 in 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
Some do, but typically not these little microsattelites. Little ones like this typically rely solely on drag, which can take a while.
rogert2 t1_jd0kpfw wrote
Reply to Discussion: the goal of human existence should be avoiding the heat death of the universe by Mickeymousse1
I have had this same thought, and I think it would make a good premise for a fictional world. In my imagination, I call it "the Phoenix Project."
The problem, of course, is that humanity is not going to survive long enough for this goal to be relevant. The climate crisis will likely exterminate the majority of aerobic life by 2100. If anybody survives, it will be a handful of billionaires and dictators, and those dummies are frankly not capable of perpetuating a functional species.
All humans and all human descendants will be dead before 2200.
petteri519 t1_jd0jobs wrote
Well humans are just biomechanical machines, so there's no fundamental difference if job is done by electromechanical machine im the end, if that machine surpasses abilities of the first mentioned.
Also there will be gradual fusing with the between two, before superior one taking over. Just like humans evolved from some kind of fish, things dont stay same forever. This all sensational alarmism, you really have to look up the big picture.
holyschmidt t1_jd0jce1 wrote
Reply to I asked GPT-4 to compile a timeline on when which human tasks (not jobs) have been/will be replaced by AI or robots, plus one sentence reasoning each - it runs from 1959 to 2033. In a second post it lists which tasks it assumes will NOT be replaced by 2050, and why. (Remember it's cut-off 2021.) by marcandreewolf
‘#35 Human Resources: proceeds to describe recruiting. Yeah I’m good.
ILikeNeurons t1_jd0j188 wrote
Reply to comment by DamonFields in UN climate report: Scientists release 'survival guide' to avert climate disaster by filosoful
Then we need to change the economic incentives.
ILikeNeurons t1_jd0irw1 wrote
Reply to comment by InspectorIsOnTheCase in UN climate report: Scientists release 'survival guide' to avert climate disaster by filosoful
Perhaps ironically, your response kind of disproves your point.
I used MIT's climate policy simulator to order its climate policies from least impactful to most impactful. You can see the results here.
riceandcashews t1_jd0iadt wrote
Reply to comment by whotheff in Do you think BluRay DVDs are the final form of physical media? Or will a new physical media format come to be, and what would that look like? by Daveyb003
Hdd is still used as slow cheap storage. If ssds actually get as cheap as hdds then yeah they'll go extinct
Differently t1_jd0hv9a wrote
Reply to comment by Lightning6475 in UN climate report: Scientists release 'survival guide' to avert climate disaster by filosoful
Already there. Fossil fuels are only sustainable through massive subsidy. Coal in particular is sucking up tax dollars.
Mcflymarty447 t1_jd0huh8 wrote
Would this broaden the use of lasers in surgical applications?
alclarkey t1_jd0hl1n wrote
Reply to comment by skunk_ink in UN climate report: Scientists release 'survival guide' to avert climate disaster by filosoful
Tell this to the person who the only job they could find was 20 miles from where they live. Tell them they have to cut their fossil fuel use. Let me know how that goes for you.
Takahashi_Raya t1_jd0gp61 wrote
Reply to comment by crunchycrispy in With a universal income, will we stop working? by berlinparisexpress
The Netherlands but that's not the point. it feels like I'm talking to a wall who doesn't understand the basic concept of UBI since all you are focusing on is the amount you'd need specifically for your place of residence which isn't the point of UBI. we are just going in circle's and frankly, I'm not in the mood for this stupidity going further. I'm ending this convo here.
ArtMySouls t1_jd0g54w wrote
Reply to comment by zam0th in UN climate report: Scientists release 'survival guide' to avert climate disaster by filosoful
What’s the show called?
riceandcashews t1_jd0g0og wrote
Reply to comment by jgzman in Do you think BluRay DVDs are the final form of physical media? Or will a new physical media format come to be, and what would that look like? by Daveyb003
A usb stick is a thing that exists
riceandcashews t1_jd0fw5a wrote
Reply to Do you think BluRay DVDs are the final form of physical media? Or will a new physical media format come to be, and what would that look like? by Daveyb003
USB stick is improved physical media over blu ray. Physical media will probably never come back. Unless you count the ssds that you store your data on
Lightning6475 t1_jd0fada wrote
Reply to comment by kadmylos in UN climate report: Scientists release 'survival guide' to avert climate disaster by filosoful
By making renewable more profitable. The price of solar and wind has gone way down this past decade. EV prices are coming down too and will be around the same price as a regular ICE car.
nanowarz t1_jd0q88v wrote
Reply to UN climate report: Scientists release 'survival guide' to avert climate disaster by filosoful
So what happens after a few decades of not emitting greenhouse gases? Global freezing?