175ParkAvenue t1_irb0gk7 wrote
Reply to comment by Mokebe890 in We are in the midst of the biggest technological revolution in history and people have no idea by DriftingKing
Those are fair questions. We don't know for sure if this boom will continue all the way to AGI and the Singularity. But that's what it looks like.
In my opinion only something on the scale of a US - Russia nuclear war could delay the Singularity by a few decades.
Something like the invasion of Taiwan could delay it by a few years maybe.
Localized wars, pandemics or recessions probably will not delay it significantly.
dreamedio t1_ircoti1 wrote
Pretty sure people didn’t foresee delay in space exploration
Professional-Song216 t1_ircs46e wrote
Yea but what problems does space exploration solve?
TheSingulatarian t1_irdauu4 wrote
Resource scarcity.
Professional-Song216 t1_irdb7y5 wrote
I can understand that but what resource are we immediately running out of now?
ttrrraway t1_ire22fp wrote
I think that somehow they are right, if we had already terraformed Mars for example, we could have an overabundance of food and water, and we'd be able to split the pollution in different planets, solving global warming and other problems.
Similarly, there are planets and asteroids with enormous amounts of gold and other metals.
So, yes, in a sense, becoming an interplanetary species could have solved lots of issues.
But, on the other hand, becoming an interplanetary species is a much harder and more expensive task. Creating super intelligent AI appears simpler at first glance, and will also take us to space eventually.
Professional-Song216 t1_ire2anc wrote
I see where you are coming from and I agree with your last statement. I’m of the opinion that issues like energy, disease and intelligence should be solved here before we can reasonably think about explore the stars
langolier27 t1_ird6uzp wrote
Pretty much all of them.
Professional-Song216 t1_ird8lgx wrote
How? We can hardly go anywhere at the moment. Name 3 solid problems it would solve that can’t be solved otherwise.
langolier27 t1_irdbmnw wrote
If we became a multi-planetary species it would solve literally every problem. One of the main reasons for pursuing AGI is to help us advance with space exploration.
sideways t1_ircvo8p wrote
It's possible that war could accelerate things.
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