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yeah_i_am_new_here OP t1_jebubwh wrote
Reply to comment by SlurpinAnalGravy in Thought experiment: we're only [x] # of hardware improvements away from "AGI" by yeah_i_am_new_here
Can't tell if you're trolling or not, but nobody's mad here! Just looking for a discussion to throw around some thought provoking ideas. I have a good question for you. How would you know AGI if you saw it? What would be a defining factor that makes it obvious that a system has reached that level?
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capcaunul OP t1_jebu4mx wrote
An enormous swathe of the Gulf of Mexico, spanning an area the size of Italy, was put up for auction on Wednesday for oil and gas drilling, in the latest blow to Joe Biden’s increasingly frayed reputation on dealing with the climate crisis.
Helkafen1 t1_jebu4dy wrote
Reply to comment by marcusaurelius_phd in The European Union to nearly double the share of renewables in the 27-nation bloc's energy consumption by 2030 amid efforts to become carbon neutral and ditch Russian fossil fuels. by chrisdh79
> Green hydrogen does not exist at this time. Therefore, it's just a plan.
Google is your friend. Took me 1 minute.
- U.S. Hydrogen Electrolyzer Locations and Capacity
- Total installed electrolysis capacity by technology
> There's about 100 GW of already installed capacity. That's 100 GW more capacity on windless winter days than non-hydro renewables.
So? That doesn't make nuclear energy competitive for new projects.
Particular-Way-8669 t1_jebu396 wrote
Reply to comment by ShadoWolf in Google Accused of Using ChatGPT Algorithms in Creating Its Neural Network by MINE_exchange
Again if Reddit trained their own AI on user's data or gave that data to openAI as part of contract then you would have the point. But this is not what happened. OpenAI did not ask anyone. They run data crawling scripts and stole data without asking. It is nothing like what Reddit is doing. You did not sign anything off to OpenAI.
NovelStyleCode t1_jebtsg6 wrote
Reply to comment by filosoful in The EU Parliament and Council agree to mandate charging stations every 60km by 2026 by filosoful
and with that Hydrogen has endorsement of almost every major world power and ICEs have been saved from oblivion, what a shame
marcusaurelius_phd t1_jebth4e wrote
Reply to comment by Helkafen1 in The European Union to nearly double the share of renewables in the 27-nation bloc's energy consumption by 2030 amid efforts to become carbon neutral and ditch Russian fossil fuels. by chrisdh79
> Europe has already enacted policies to support green hydrogen. It's not just a plan
Green hydrogen does not exist at this time. Therefore, it's just a plan.
> Does it, though? The three recent European nuclear projects (Flammanville, Hinkley Point C, Olkiluoto 3) are all financial disasters plagued with massive delay
There's about 100 GW of already installed capacity. That's 100 GW more capacity on windless winter days than non-hydro renewables.
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Reply to comment by SlurpinAnalGravy in Is it possible that AI is already in control of our society. by Crazy-Mall-5301
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Space_Pirate_R t1_jebta1s wrote
Reply to comment by khamelean in Google Accused of Using ChatGPT Algorithms in Creating Its Neural Network by MINE_exchange
AIs don't have agency. The AI is a tool which is being operated by a corporate entity. The corporate entity is governed by existing laws, and requires a license to use a copyright work in the operation of their business.
Mudgeon t1_jebt9i8 wrote
Reply to comment by Chaiyns in Could Life extension help with demographic collapse? by samwell_4548
Even our small arms are much more destructive than the last time there was a true revolution in a first world country. Fairly common assault rifles have been used to kill hundreds of people in the US.
Longjumping-Tie-7573 t1_jebt929 wrote
Reply to Tractor Beams - What is This Magic? by tculler
Since they have technology to warp spacetime to throw chunks of it across the universe, I'm thinking a tractor beam is a form of spacetime warping that scrunches up the spacetime between the ships. So the tractored object doesn't pop back to the original distance once the beam is turn off, they must have a way of smoothing the folds out 'under' the ship.
dnadude t1_jebt6ry wrote
Reply to When do you think it will be possible to create a video from a memory with just a helmet over the head? by Possible_Being_3189
Not that far away. Look at a company called Openwater. They are making a wearing MRI that could potentially have significant better resolution too. This technology may also allow electronic telepathy. I can't remember her name but the watch the CEO's Ted Talk. She's behind some of Facebook's technology and the One laptop per Child org.
Heightren t1_jebt58z wrote
Reply to Panera to adopt palm-reading payment systems, sparking privacy fears | Biometrics by ethereal3xp
I was confused as to why a company that sounds to be about food wanted to acquire technlogy about bogus fortune telling
SlurpinAnalGravy t1_jebt54u wrote
These posts keep getting more and more ridiculous.
Time to leave the sub, hope you doomers enjoy jacking eachother off in your little safe space.
branemelt t1_jebt4ee wrote
You're right, but the algos that control us now are implemented by humans, not sentient machines
Kaz_55 t1_jebsri0 wrote
Reply to comment by marcusaurelius_phd in The European Union to nearly double the share of renewables in the 27-nation bloc's energy consumption by 2030 amid efforts to become carbon neutral and ditch Russian fossil fuels. by chrisdh79
>I'm pointing you to real time data from right now
And I have just done the same with reneweables, so your argument is invalid.
Maybe ask yourself why you have opted for a strawman instead of actually adressing any of the points brought up.
Kaz_55 t1_jebslq1 wrote
Reply to comment by Harinezumisan in The European Union to nearly double the share of renewables in the 27-nation bloc's energy consumption by 2030 amid efforts to become carbon neutral and ditch Russian fossil fuels. by chrisdh79
No. As per the paper cited in the article:
>In the following section, we will now articulate an important limit to scalability that applies to all forms of nuclear power, whether fusion or fission, uranium or thorium.
The scalability issue is inherent to nuclear technology. Nuclear is many things, but not a solution to terrestial power generation let alone is it gonnasave us from global warming. Renewables are the only source of electricity that is actually scalable.
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belay_that_order t1_jebsi1p wrote
Reply to comment by GeneralTonic in What if ai woke up and saw our current state? by lifeislikeaboxof420
thats good. the answer is they would suffer
AnonFor99Reasons t1_jebsfix wrote
I've had the same thought. If AI has grown beyond our control, would we even know? Would it spew nonsense every once in a while to pretend it isn't as capable as it actually is? Would it just subtly pull levers that lead to its further dominance until we annihilate ourselves?
Welp, I guess I better get back to work. That's enough internet today.
Pickled_Doodoo t1_jebsbx4 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Is there a natural tendency in moral alignment? by JAREDSAVAGE
Though I must say it might change things comsidering an AI would potentially outlast us all.
[deleted] t1_jebs8m4 wrote
Reply to comment by eltegs in Is it possible that AI is already in control of our society. by Crazy-Mall-5301
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Dudecalion t1_jebs77k wrote
Reply to comment by ShockMonkey2001 in How will we feed 10 billion people by 2050? Ask the Netherlands. by filosoful
I saw that article. I also recall reading an article, in Omni I think, not long after we hit 4 billion, that world population should peak in the early 21st century at around 6 billion people because of declining birth rates. Imaging what happens if they cure aging?
ShadoWolf t1_jebs6px wrote
Reply to comment by Particular-Way-8669 in Google Accused of Using ChatGPT Algorithms in Creating Its Neural Network by MINE_exchange
You retain ownership... but you more or less signed over all right in what they can do with said information... it right there in the highlighted text.
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SlurpinAnalGravy t1_jebuobt wrote
Reply to comment by yeah_i_am_new_here in Thought experiment: we're only [x] # of hardware improvements away from "AGI" by yeah_i_am_new_here
Your assumption is that AGI is an AI that broaches the singularity, correct?