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CleaverIam OP t1_irsm12d wrote

Reply to comment by beachmike in Have we reached a technological plateau? by CleaverIam

So what major technology has come to common use in the last decade?

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beachmike t1_irv101p wrote

LED lighting

Smartphones

4K TV

Narrow AIs with pattern recognition ability superior to human, e.g., facial recognition

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CleaverIam OP t1_irv2w3g wrote

4k TV is not much more practical then normal tv. A slight improvement that changes nothing in practice. We had smartphone in 2009. I said they got significantly cheaper which IS a major improvement, but that has already happened by 2016. Smartphones haven't changed in a meaningful way since.

I am not familiar enough with AI. That does sound like a major improvement, I will give you that

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beachmike t1_isx4t8p wrote

Now you're making little value judgments as to which advancement YOU deem worthy. Nevertheless, they are technological advancements that have become widespread over the last decade. It doesn't matter if they didn't happen EXACTLY within the last decade. Bottom line, we are no where near a tech "plateau." Advancements are unpredictable, and often happen in fits and starts.

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CleaverIam OP t1_it2vhre wrote

I agree with your last sentence. But from my perspective, we are at an end of a fit with mo start on sight...

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