The efforts in carbon capture from the atmosphere sometimes seem to me like everyone is throwing their mud at a wall and then we figure out whose mudball sticks.

Which I am totally in for.

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Fossil fuel should be history. Wars should be non existent and we should have colonies on the moon

>actually spending millions

That launch is carrying micro- and nano- satellites. They could potentially only be spending thousands

Hoverboards.

I remember them being featured in a documentary from 1989 with Michael J Fox, but they appear to have been kept to Area 51 since.

Electric vehicles and self driving cars. Self driving cars could be facilitated if all cars on the road could communicate with each other (and ideally sensors embedded in the road itself) but for practical and cost purposes we aren't there yet. Widespread EVs are inevitable and just a matter of adoption.

GPT4 raises the following issues:

1. Infrastructure and land requirements: Constructing large man-made lakes and the necessary infrastructure to reroute wastewater, filter out the algae, and perform pyrolysis is a complex and costly undertaking. Additionally, acquiring the land to build these lakes can be challenging, especially in densely populated areas.
2. Water treatment efficacy: While algae can help remove some nutrients from wastewater, they may not be effective in treating all types of contaminants, such as heavy metals, pathogens, or pharmaceuticals. Depending on the composition of the wastewater, additional treatment processes may still be needed to meet water quality standards.
3. Algae bloom control: Providing optimal conditions for algae growth can be challenging, and if not managed properly, can lead to harmful algal blooms (HABs). HABs can produce toxins and create hypoxic or anoxic conditions that harm aquatic life and negatively impact water quality.
4. Greenhouse gas emissions: The process of pyrolyzing algae into charcoal requires energy, which may contribute to greenhouse gas emissions depending on the source of energy used. Additionally, there is the risk of methane and nitrous oxide emissions during the algae growth and decomposition process, which are potent greenhouse gases themselves.
5. Climate conditions: The efficiency of algae growth for carbon capture and wastewater treatment is dependent on local climate conditions, such as sunlight, temperature, and precipitation. The performance of this approach may vary significantly across different locations, limiting its global applicability.
6. Charcoal disposal and utilization: Once the algae is converted to charcoal, it needs to be disposed of or utilized in a way that prevents the re-release of captured carbon. This could include using it as a soil amendment, for carbon sequestration, or as a fuel source. However, each of these applications has its own set of challenges and limitations.
7. Economic viability: The cost-effectiveness of this approach compared to traditional CCUS technologies or other carbon capture and wastewater treatment methods remains uncertain. A thorough assessment of the costs and benefits, as well as comparisons to alternative solutions, would be needed to determine its economic viability.

Sustainable nuclear fusion

Extraplantary colonies (Mars, Moon)

Solar sail deep space vessels

Mass access to organ regeneration ( Penn State did a lot of research into this)

High efficiency desalination plants

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Well, what it the propulsion method? Because with hydrogen and water+heat as exaust I'm only aware of hydroLox chemical reaction.

Which is used since 60 years to propel rockets and experimental military jets. So what is revolutionary in this?

Anything Space related.

Maybe this isn't a specific technology, but it seems like humans would've completed a round trip to mars by now. As well as some rudimentary colonization of the moon.

Human intelligence isn't just gleening info from experience. Take for instance Einsteins theory of relativity. What experience did he gleen that from? Where did he even get the idea? See how difficult it is?

>Intelligence-Intelligence has been defined in many ways: the capacity for abstraction, logic, understanding, self-awareness, learning, emotional knowledge, reasoning, planning, creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving. wiki

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No it's not. But projecting it out into a false certainty about the future is definitely speculation.

well my prompts are hugely specific to my current situation.

Some general examples though:

giving it my job history and skillset and asking it to write me a resume for xyz career.

asking it to write programs for me, like translators, calculators, calendars, my own notepad program. (i write these programs using game dev software because I just can.)

I won't even waste your time telling you about the videogame mechanics I've been developing. long story extremely short, I've programmed for 5 years, done EVERY tutorial, have literally 900 unique youtube links in a notepad file each link goes to a tutorial, a playlist, or a channel involved directly with (Unity game engine tutorials). I've taken extensive notes. Using this chatbot I have literally exploded and all that knowledge is almost worthless.

all these years of collecting and learning, and now I have a freakin virtual ferrari assistant that literally rockets me directly to my destination. This thing turned 5 years into, well, almost a complete waste of time. the only value of that time spent is my experience and comfort with the software that allows me to reach heights no other (single human) game dev has reached (not counting outliers of course)

I ask it for recipes, I ask it for workout routines, I ask it for nutrition requirements for my specific body type (6" male 150). I ask it how to accomplish X, how to build battery packs, how to build portable wireless lamps, I've used programs that I've written using the bot to literally make (making money) easier. It's ACTUALLY improved my life.

Huge wall of text, fingers sore. Hope that helps. Good luck man. Literally ask it anything. I even asked it about finding paying work as a felon. True valuable advice was given. You could ask it how to stop bad habits, why I bite my nails? How to stop? literally just ask it. Look into your mind, close your eyes and let your worries wash over you. concentrate on your fears. then share that fear with the bot, and it will totally wake you up.

I have a future because of AI.

True, the details are all in the "How".

Comparing oranges to a door knob. Is a computer conscious? I argue that it isn't. It has no idea what to do until it is turned on. Same thing with A.I., until it receives a prompt it will just sit there. If it gets something wrong/incorrect it doesn't correct itself it has to get reprogrammed by a human.

I wasn’t making an analogy. I was asking whether a machine that could identify smells would be regarded as having a “sense of smell.” My view is that I don’t think there’s much alternative. Happy to hear other ideas.

It does make sense if battery costs don’t drop as much as we hope. Really, I view Hydrogen Fuel Cells as the backup to if battery tech doesn’t have a major breakthrough.

True that, but afterwards we will need to remove the existing CO2 in the air to return the climate back to normal. Mass transit is definitely the most effective way to prevent cars from impacting the environment, I was just using cars as a unit of measurement for CO2.

Real talk what prompts are you giving it? I wanna use ai to help increase efficiencies, help w schedules, self help, etc

What will renters do?

You know what else would offset 8,000 cars? Short-range, low speed, autonomous minibuses that move people on demand from their homes to multi-mobility nodes. These nodes would then be connected together by premium mass transit, whether Bus Rapid Transit, Light Rail, heavy rail, or MAGLEV. That, and 15 minute cities where most people don’t have to travel that far for daily needs. We need the mesh network of new innovative mobility to bridge the gap to hub-and-spoke traditional mass transit.

that awkward moment when I've used AI chatbots for real legitimate life-changing selfhelp advice for almost 6 months straight